Countercurrent Distribution Apparatus
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content: Lyman C. Craig (1906-1974) was a research chemist who joined the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research in 1933. In 1944 he published a paper on countercurrent distribution, a technique that led to the isolation and identification of numerous substances, many of which were found in nature and then synthesized in the laboratory. In recognition of the importance of this work, Craig was honored with the Lasker Prize for Medical Research in 1963, and the Fisher Award in Analytical Chemistry in 1965.
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content: H. Otto Post, a glass-blower at the Rockefeller Institute, made this Model B03 countercurrent distribution apparatus.
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content: Ref: Lyman C. Craig and Otto Post, “Apparatus for Countercurrent Distribution,” <i>Analytical Chemistry</i> 21 (1949): 500-504.
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content: “Lyman C. Craig, Chemist, Dies; Refined Purification of Drugs,” New York Times (July 9, 1974), p. 40.
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content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
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content: Gift of Northwestern University
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.0824.01.01
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content: 1981.824.1
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content: 1981.0824
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content: 1981.0824.1
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content: counter-current distribution apparatus, model b-3
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: tube rack: 22 in x 18 in x 88 in; 55.88 cm x 45.72 cm x 223.52 cm
label: Measurements
content: boxes 1, 2: 75.692 cm x 45.72 cm x 45.72 cm; 29 13/16 in x 18 in x 18 in
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content: box 3: 31 in x 18 1/2 in x 18 1/2 in; 78.74 cm x 46.99 cm x 46.99 cm
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content: top frame: 96 in x 33 1/2 in x 1 5/8 in; 243.84 cm x 85.09 cm x 4.1275 cm
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content: table: 30 1/2 in x 33 1/2 in x 96 in; 77.47 cm x 85.09 cm x 243.84 cm
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content: overall: 68 in x 33 1/2 in x 96 in; 172.72 cm x 85.09 cm x 243.84 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 52 in x 95 1/2 in x 34 in; 132.08 cm x 242.57 cm x 86.36 cm