Test Tube
notes: label: Description
content: The test tube is one of the most commonly used pieces of laboratory ware, available in many sizes ranging from less than 1 inch to 6 inches in length. The test tube was developed by Michael Faraday (1791-1867), the renowned British physicist and chemist, to replace the much larger wine glass test glass. Test tubes are the perfect shape and size to hold small amounts of substances, usually liquid, which are then manipulated in some way, such as being placed over the flame of a Bunsen burner.
label: Description
content: The test tube has changed little since the early 19th century, although it is now made of plastic as well as glass.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
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content: Science & Mathematics
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content: Artifact Walls exhibit
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of University of South Carolina
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.315121.063
label: catalog number
content: 315121.063
label: accession number
content: 215563
objectType: label: Object Name
content: test tube
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/2 in x 5/16 in; 6.35 cm x .79375 cm