Retort Stand
notes: label: Description
content: This iron retort stand came from the Draper family and may date from the late nineteenth century. The "E&A" inscription on the base probably refers to Eimer & Amend in New York.
label: Description
content: Ref: Benjamin Pike, Jr., <i>Pike’s Illustrated Descriptive Catalogue of Optical, Mathematical, and Philosophical Instruments</i> (New York, 1848), vol. 2, p. 72
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of John William Christopher Draper and James Christopher Draper
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.334003.036
label: catalog number
content: 334003.036
label: accession number
content: 304826
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Retort Stand
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 31.3 cm x 11.4 cm x 16 cm; 12 5/16 in x 4 1/2 in x 6 5/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 7/16 in x 4 7/16 in x 6 1/8 in; 31.59125 cm x 11.27125 cm x 15.5575 cm