Chemistry Set
date: label: Date made
content: ca. 1800
notes: label: Description
content: Portable chemistry set in a wooden chest with two large drawers and one small one. There are 30 glass jars (two are missing) with paper labels according to Lavoisier's nomenclature; a balance, small flasks, a blow pipe, a thermometer marked "Thermometre selon Mr. DeLuc fais par J.J. Renard à Strasburg" and a hydrometer marked: "arometre pour le selle par Baserque."
label: Description
content: Ref: J. F. A. Gőttling, “Description of a Portable Chest of Chemistry,” The Monthly Review or Literary Journal, Enlarged 8 (1792): 173-174.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.327500
label: catalog number
content: 327500
label: accession number
content: 266155
objectType: label: Object Name
content: chemistry set, portable
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: chest: 21.5 cm x 25 cm x 30.5 cm; 8 7/16 in x 9 13/16 in x 12 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 3/8 in x 11 7/8 in x 9 1/2 in; 21.2725 cm x 30.1625 cm x 24.13 cm