Mineralogical Field Kit
Mineralogical Field Kit
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- Description
- This sturdy wooden box contains the tools recommended for mineralogical analysis by Carl Friedrich Plattner (1800-1858), Assay Master at the Royal Smelting Works in Freiburg, Saxony. It belonged to Ernst F. Eurich (1847-1930), an American mining engineer who studied at the City College of New York and then the Royal School of Mines in Freiburg.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Mineralogical Assay Kit
- maker
- Plattner, Karl Friedrich
- Associated Place
- United States: New Jersey
- Measurements
- overall: 6 7/8 in x 12 in x 9 in; 17.4625 cm x 30.48 cm x 22.86 cm
- ID Number
- CH.315410.06.01
- accession number
- 219409
- catalog number
- 315410.06.01
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mr. Richard H. Eurich and his son, Mr. Alan R. Eurich
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- Medicine and Science: Chemistry
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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