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Description:

This heavy laboratory still came from the chemistry department at Catholic University. The label on the base reads “DIRECTIONS FOR MERCURY STILL NO. 62-130.”

Date Made: ca. 1890

Location: Currently not on view

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Credit Line: Gift of Department of Chemistry, Catholic University of America

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: CH.316904Catalog Number: 316904Accession Number: 229658

Object Name: Mercury Still

Measurements: overall: 11 in x 5 1/2 in; 27.94 cm x 13.97 cmoverall: 10 3/8 in x 7 1/2 in x 6 in; 26.3525 cm x 19.05 cm x 15.24 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a0-e598-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_2263

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