Test Tube

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

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: CH.334004.087Catalog Number: 334004.087Accession Number: 304826

Object Name: Test Tube

Measurements: overall: 6 in x 5/8 in; 15.24 cm x 1.5875 cmoverall: 6 in x 11/16 in; 15.24 cm x 1.74625 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-3d0a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1761862

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