Reagent Bottle
date: label: Date made
content: after 1883
name: label: maker
content: Whitall Tatum Company
notes: label: Description
content: The “MERCURIC CHLORIDE H8CI2” on this 4 oz. glass bottle refers to the original contents. The “W.T. CO. U.S.A." inscription refers to Whitall Tatum, the manufacturer of the bottle. The “PAT. MAY 1, 1883” inscription on the rim refers to Frank Fanning Jewett (1844-1926), the Oberlin College chemistry professor who designed the stopper.
label: Description
content: Ref: Frank F. Jewett, “Bottle-Stopper,” U.S. Patent 276,822 (May 1, 1883).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, Millville
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.0768.28
label: catalog number
content: 1979.0768.28
label: accession number
content: 1979.0768
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Reagent Bottle
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 108 mm x 52 mm; 4 1/4 in x 2 1/16 in
label: Measurements
content: over stopper: 14.7 cm; 5 13/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 3/4 in x 2 1/8 in; 14.605 cm x 5.3975 cm