Leighton Test tube
Leighton Test tube
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- Description
- A Leighton tube, a glass test tube with an optically flat area, is associated with the pathologist, Joseph Leighton (1921-1999).
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Leighton Test Tube
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- Measurements
- average spatial: 15.3 cm x 1.5 cm; x 6 in x 9/16 in
- ID Number
- 1991.0071.20
- catalog number
- 1991.0071.20
- accession number
- 1991.0071
- Credit Line
- Gift of the DeWitt Stetten, Jr. Museum of Medical Research, National Institutes of Health
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Biological Sciences
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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