Filter
notes: label: Description
content: Charles Chamberland (1851-1908), a bacteriologist who worked with Louis Pasteur in Paris, invented this type of filter in 1884. It is made of porcelain, and notable for its ability to remove bacteria from water samples. The form was known as a Chamberland filter, and also as a Pasteur Chamblerland filter.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of University of Michigan Medical School. Department of Microbiology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.253100.38
label: catalog number
content: 253100.38
label: accession number
content: 253100
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Filter Candle, Chamberlain
label: Object Name
content: filter candle, chamberlain
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ceramic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 1/8 in x 3 1/8 in; 15.5575 cm x 7.9375 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 in x 3 in; 15.24 cm x 7.62 cm