Erlenmeyer Flask
Erlenmeyer Flask
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- Description
- The Erlenmeyer flask has a flat bottom, sloping sides, and thin cylindrical neck. Emil Erlenmeyer (1825–1909) was a German organic chemist who displayed an example at a pharmaceutical conference in Heidelberg in 1857, published an account in 1860, and arranged for its production and sale by local glassware manufacturers.
- This 2800 ml example was used in the penicillin research program at the USDA's Northern Regional Research Laboratory In Peoria, Ill., in the early 1940s. The “PYREX” inscription refers to a clear, low-thermal-expansion borosilicate glass suitable for laboratory glassware and kitchenware. Corning Inc. introduced the brand in 1915.
- Ref: Emil Erlenmeyer, "Zur chemischen und pharmazeutischen Technik," Zeitschrift für Chemie und Pharmacie 3 (January 1860): 21-22.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Erlenmeyer Flask
- Other Terms
- Laboratory Equipment
- date made
- 1940s
- maker
- Corning
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- ID Number
- 1981.0734.07.2
- accession number
- 1981.0734
- catalog number
- 1981.0734.07.2
- Credit Line
- USDA, Northern Regional Research Laboratory, Peoria, IL
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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