Test Tube Clamp
notes: label: Description
content: This type of test tube holder originated with John Tappan Stoddard (1852-1919), a graduate of Amherst College who earned a Ph.D. at Gottingen, and taught chemistry and physics at Smith College.
label: Description
content: Ref: John T. Stoddard, “New Test Tube Holder,” in “Notes from the Laboratory of Smith College,” Journal of Analytical Chemistry 4 (1890): 34.
label: Description
content: William D. Williams, “Brief history of the test tube clamp,” Bulletin of the History of Chemistry 9 (1991): 37-39.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: June W. Leonard
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0691.26
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0691.26
label: accession number
content: 1991.0691
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Test Tube Clamp
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10.7 cm x 2.2 cm; 4 3/16 in x 7/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 7/16 in x 1 5/16 in x 1 in; 11.27125 cm x 3.33375 cm x 2.54 cm