Monoxor, Carbon Monoxide Indicator
name: label: maker
content: Bacharach Industrial Instrument Co.
notes: label: Description
content: An inscription on the metal box reads “MONOXOR / BACHARACH PITTSBURGH 8, PA. U.S.A.” Herman Bacharach (1874–1958) was born in Germany, worked for the Allgemeine Elektricitäts Gesellschaf, moved to the U.S. in 1902, settled in Pittsburgh in 1903, and established the Bacharach Industrial Instrument Co. in 1909. That firm introduced the term “MONOXOR” for its carbon monoxide indicator in 1956 and applied for a trademark two years later. The heart of this device is a sealed glass tube containing a gel that changes color in the presence of carbon monoxide.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0837.09
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0837.09
label: accession number
content: 1986.0837
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Carbon Monoxide Indicator
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 cm x 14.3 cm x 8.2 cm; 3 15/16 in x 5 5/8 in x 3 1/4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/8 in x 5 7/8 in x 3 1/2 in; 13.0175 cm x 14.9225 cm x 8.89 cm