Mineralogical Field Kit
name: label: maker
content: Plattner, Karl Friedrich
notes: label: Description
content: Sturdy wooden box containing tools recommended for mineralogical analysis by Carl Friedrich Plattner (1800-1858), Assay Master at the Royal Smelting Works in Freiburg, Saxony. It belonged to Ernst F. Eurich (1847-1930), an American mining engineer who studied at the City College of New York and then the Royal School of Mines in Freiburg.
label: Description
content: Ref: “ERNST F. EURICH,” New York Times (March 14, 1930), p. 16.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mr. Richard H. Eurich and his son, Mr. Alan R. Eurich
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.315410.06.01
label: accession number
content: 219409
label: catalog number
content: 315410.06.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Mineralogical Assay Kit
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 7/8 in x 12 in x 9 in; 17.4625 cm x 30.48 cm x 22.86 cm