Cuvette

Cuvette

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Description
A cuvette is a small transparent vessel with straight sides, suitable for holding a sample in a laboratory instrument. This glass cuvette might have been used with the Coleman spectrophotometer in the collection. An inscription reads "HELLIGE No. 607-TC."
Location
Currently not on view
Object Name
Cuvette
Cuvettess
Cuvette
maker
F. Hellige & Co.
Measurements
each cuvette: 98 mm x 13.3 mm x 13.3 mm; 3 7/8 in x 1/2 in x 1/2 in
overall: 4 in x 5/8 in x 5/8 in; 10.16 cm x 1.5875 cm x 1.5875 cm
ID Number
CH.337167
catalog number
337167
accession number
1979.0432
Credit Line
Gift of Department of Chemistry, Lehigh University
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
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