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Test Tube

Test Tube

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Description
This test tube came from the Draper family and may date from the mid-nineteenth century. The glass is soft. The rim is flared.
Ref: John Joseph Griffin, Chemical Recreations (Glasgow, 1847), p. 41.
Location
Currently not on view
Object Name
Test Tube
Measurements
overall: 7 7/8 in x 3/4 in; 20.0025 cm x 1.905 cm
overall: 7 7/8 in x 7/8 in; 20.0025 cm x 2.2225 cm
ID Number
CH.334004.085
catalog number
334004.085
accession number
304826
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
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