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Leukol Dark Green Dye Bottle
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Round glass bottle with cork stopper; label attached to front identifies manufacturer and contents (label has been waxed over); bottle is half full with original dye.
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Jar of Poslam cream
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Jar of "Poslam" brand anti-itching cream; in plastic shrink wrap.
- Manufacturer Emergency Laboratories
- Subject Ointments, Pharmaceutical chemistry, Drugs, Medicine bottles
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Iron Gas Burner
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Iron gas burner for the production of small glassworks; ball and socket rotatable neck; two flame adjustment knobs; three-pronged foot. Adjusting the two knobs on the burner allows for the user to dial in the exact…
- Subject Glass blowing and working, Gas-burners
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Indanthrene Violet Dye Bottle
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Round glass bottle with cork stopper; label attached to front identifies manufacturer and contents (label has been waxed over).
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Humboldt Meeker Burner
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Meeker burners function the exact same way as Bunsen burners except that they are used for objects that require a wider flame base. The Meeker burner can produce more heat than a Bunsen burner and features a distinctive…
- Manufacturer Humboldt Manufacturing Company
- Subject Bunsen burner, Meeker burner, Humboldt Manufacturing Company
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Harshaw Crystal Model Kit
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Blue cardboard box containing three compartments; two compartments hold a number of black and white stone marbles; third compartment holds four brass rods, numerous glass spacers, and sheets of thin paper; box also…
- Manufacturer Harshaw Scientific, Division of the Harshaw Chemical Company
- Subject Molecules--Models
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Hankscraft Co. Nursmatic Model N1101 Baby Bottle
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Hexagonal-shaped clear Lexan bottle with a cardboard casing/label; black plastic lid with a dark amber nipple.
Lexan is a resin thermoplastic discovered by General Electric chemist Dr. Daniel Fox in 1953. It is similar…
- Manufacturer Hankscraft Company
- Subject Plastics, Fox, Daniel W. (Daniel Wayne), 1923-1989, Lexan, Plastics industry and trade
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Handheld Bakelite No. 7 Microphone
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Black Bakelite handle with a large button on its side; product information engraved in white on front of handle; circular grated area has a raised enclosure; four copper wires coated in brown synthetic fiber emanate…
- Subject Plastics, Bakelite, Plastics industry and trade
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Halite
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While its mineral name is halite, this substance is also commonly known as rock salt. Rock salt is composed of sodium chloride, an essential compound the human body uses to absorb nutrients and maintain blood pressure.
- Subject Salt, Precious stones, Minerals
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Glass vial with cork stopper
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Glass vial with cork stopper belonging to Georg Bredig (1902-1944).
- Subject Glassware
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Framed print of Robert Bunsen
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Framed print of Robert Bunsen (1811-1899) owned by Georg Bredig (1868-1944).
Bunsen, a German chemist, developed several techniques used for separating, identifying, and measuring chemical substances and is credited…
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Fluorite
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Fluorite (also called fluorspar) is the crystal form of the inorganic compound calcium fluoride. The term "fluorescence," a type of luminescence by a substance that has absorbed light or radiation, is derived from this…
- Subject Precious stones, Minerals, Fluorspar
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Disc Molecular Models
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Rectangular grey cardboard box with white writing and colored disks on sides; box contains a cardboard separator that divides the inside into four compartments and an instruction booklet; the compartments contain a…
- Manufacturer W. A. Benjamin, Inc
- Subject Molecules--Models
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Custom Monogram Stamp “M. Bredig”
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Custom wooden monogram stamp for "M. Bredig" possibly belonging to Marianne Homburger (1903-1986) before she was married.
- Subject Monograms, Homburger, Marianne, 1903-1986
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Custom Monogram Stamp “G. Bredig”
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Custom wooden monogram stamp for Georg Bredig (1868-1944).
- Subject Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Monograms
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Container of RAY-NOX sun protectant
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Circular glass container with black screw cap lid. Container is filled with white ointment. Brown paper label reads "RAY-NOX" in light brown text.
This early sunscreen, 10-15% PABA (para-aminobenzoic acid or…
- Manufacturer Torch Laboratories, Inc.
- Subject Ointments, Pharmaceutical chemistry, Sunscreens (Cosmetics), Drugs, Medicine bottles
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Collection of 13 Aramith Bakelite Billiard Balls (Incomplete Set)
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Collection of 13 Aramith Bakelite billiard balls. Some billiard numbers are missing or duplicated.
Green cardboard box with removable top; interior of box bottom has a white plastic insert with round indentations for…
- Manufacturer Saluc S.A.
- Subject Billiards, Bakelite, Plastics industry and trade
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Chemcraft An Introduction to the Wonders of Modern Chemistry
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Chemistry sets reached their heyday in the 1950s, but production of them began in the United States during World War I. Playing with a toy chemistry set inspired many a boy to become a chemist, and not until the late…
- Manufacturer Porter Chemical Company
- Subject Chemistry sets, Porter Chemical Company
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Celestine
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Celestine is a mineral with a light blue color. It is a source of the element strontium (atomic symbol Sr). Strontium compounds are commonly used in fireworks, fluorescent lights, and dyes and paints.
- Subject Celestite, Precious stones, Minerals
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Calcite
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Calcite is one of the most widely used minerals. It is primarily composed of the chemical compound calcium carbonate. Calcite is also often used in demonstrations of double refraction, in which light is split into two…
- Subject Precious stones, Minerals, Calcite
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Bunsen Burner
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An icon of experimental chemistry, as well as a standard piece of equipment in scientific laboratories and high school classrooms alike, the Bunsen burner was built in 1854 by Peter Desaga, an assistant in German…
- Subject Bunsen burner
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Bunsen Burner
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An icon of experimental chemistry, as well as a standard piece of equipment in scientific laboratories and high school classrooms alike, the Bunsen burner was built in 1854 by Peter Desaga, an assistant in German…
- Subject Bunsen burner
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Bottle for Peels insomnia relief pills
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Empty container of Peels brand insomnia relief pills.
- Manufacturer Johnston Drug Company
- Subject Hypnotics, Pharmaceutical chemistry, Drugs, Medicine bottles, Insomnia--Treatment
