Naturalist's Field Kit
date: label: Date made
content: 19th century
label: Date made
content: 1800-1900
name: label: maker
content: Rousseau Freres
label: owner
content: J.H. Fabre
notes: label: Description
content: This is a wooden chest covered with black leatherette and provided with brass hardware; the interior is lined with red chamois and leatherette. The “J. H. Fabre” inscription on the handle plate refers to Jean Henri Fabre (1823-1915), a French naturalist and entomologist. The kit contains ten glass reagent bottles with ground glass stoppers, and “ROUSSEAU FRERES / rue de l’Ecole de Medicine, Paris” inscriptions. It also contains several test tubes; hammer; brass blow pipe; candle holder; mortar and pestle; and evaporating dish.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mr. Edward M. Nagel
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.330784
label: catalog number
content: 330784
label: accession number
content: 299585
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Field Kit
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: tube: 110 mm x 12.5 mm; 4 5/16 in x 1/2 in
label: Measurements
content: compass needle stand: 75 mm; 2 15/16 in
label: Measurements
content: each test tube: 75 mm x 10 mm; 2 15/16 in x 3/8 in
label: Measurements
content: reagent bottles 1, 2: 75 mm x 33 mm; 2 15/16 in x 1 5/16 in
label: Measurements
content: reagent bottles 3-8: 60 mm x 24 mm; 2 3/8 in x 15/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 cm x 32 cm x 16 cm; 4 5/16 in x 12 5/8 in x 6 5/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 in x 12 1/2 in x 6 1/8 in; 10.16 cm x 31.75 cm x 15.5575 cm