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Description:

The inscription on this vacuum bottle reads: “VACO / Registered / Keeps Hot 24 hours / without fire / Keeps Cold 72 hours / without ice / The Caloris Company / Philadelphia, U.S.A.”

Ref: Paul O. E. Friedrich and John G. Lyman, “Vacuum Bottle,” U.S. Patent 902,528 (Oct. 27, 1908), assigned to Caloris Manufacturing Co.

Paul O. E. Friedrich, “Vacuum Nursing-Bottle,” U.S. Patent 922,413 (May 18, 1909), assigned to Caloris Manufacturing Co.

Maker: Caloris Company

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

See more items in: Medicine and Science: Chemistry

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Credit Line: Transfer from D.C. Public Schools

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: CH.326945Catalog Number: 326945Accession Number: 264801

Object Name: Vacuum Bottle

Measurements: overall: 10 in x 3 1/4 in; 25.4 cm x 8.19988 cmoverall: 9 7/8 in x 3 5/16 in; 25.0825 cm x 8.41375 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a0-e8de-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_2505

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