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This digital collection features selected scientific instruments, apparatus, and analytical tools from the Institute's museum as well as photographs, rare-book engravings, and illustrations depicting various types of equipment and machinery found in laboratories, manufacturing plants, and mechanical treatises. Inventions from book wheels to fireballs can be found here, alongside more modern innovations such as Gammacells and Geiger counters.

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Vessels (Containers), Glassware

The Glaxo Feeder 8oz nursing bottle in original box
- 1900 – 1930
Banana-shaped bottle design enabled ease of cleaning, making this bottle widely known as the hygienic baby bottle.

A: Boat-shaped molded glass bottle. Embossed on one side of bottle are measurements in tablespoons;…
- Manufacturer Glaxo Laboratories
- Subject Infants--Care, Glassware
47 items
Postage stamps, Photographs

Set of Postcards depicting the Welsbach Factory in Gloucester, New Jersey
- 1890 – 1930
This set of postcards depicts the scenes from the Welsbach Incandescent Gas Lighting Company factory at Gloucester, New Jersey. Originally a set of 46 postcards, this collection is missing cards number 20 and 31. The…
- Contributor Welsbach Gas Light Company
- Subject Welsbach Gas Light Company, Employees, Incandescent gas-lighting, Incandescent gas-lighting--Fixtures, Lighting, Rare earth industry, Auer v. Welsbach, Carl (Auer von Welsbach), 1858-1929, Women employees, Rare earths, Machinery in the workplace, Machinery
Catalogs

Microscopes
- Part of Catalog of Laboratory Apparatus and Reagents for Industrial—Medical—Educational Laboratories
- 1922
- Creator Of Work Williams, Brown & Earle
- Subject Physical instruments, Microscopes, Laboratories--Equipment and supplies
Catalogs, Charts, diagrams, etc

Specifications for Nitrometer, General Assembly of Parts
- 1922
From Manufacturing Chemists' Association Catalog for Standard Laboratory Apparatus, Part 1.

Nitrometer, general assembly of parts.
- Contributor Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.)
- Publisher Eimer & Amend
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.), Chemical apparatus
Catalogs, Charts, diagrams, etc

Specifications for Burette No. 1
- 1922
From Manufacturing Chemists' Association Catalog for Standard Laboratory Apparatus, Part 1.

Burette No. 1. Burette with funnel top, 50 ml in 1/10 ml.
- Contributor Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.)
- Publisher Eimer & Amend
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Burettes, Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.), Chemical apparatus
Catalogs, Charts, diagrams, etc

Specifications for Burette No. 4
- 1922
From Manufacturing Chemists' Association Catalog for Standard Laboratory Apparatus, Part 1.

Burette No. 4. Burette with bulb and 3 way stopcock, 0-75 ml bulb capacity, 75-100 graduated in 1/10th ml.
- Contributor Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.)
- Publisher Eimer & Amend
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Burettes, Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.), Chemical apparatus
Catalogs, Charts, diagrams, etc

Specifications for Distillation Flask
- 1922
From Manufacturing Chemists' Association Catalog for Standard Laboratory Apparatus, Part 1.

200 ml. Distillation Flask. Round bottom. Largely used in the distillation of aromatic hydrocarbons and other organic chemical…
- Contributor Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.)
- Publisher Eimer & Amend
- Subject Distillation apparatus, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.), Chemical apparatus
Catalogs, Charts, diagrams, etc

Specifications for Burette No. 3
- 1922
From Manufacturing Chemists' Association Catalog for Standard Laboratory Apparatus, Part 1.

Burette No. 3. Burette with bulb and 3 way stopcock. 0-50 ml bulb capacity, 50-100 ml graduated in 1/10th ml.
- Contributor Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.)
- Publisher Eimer & Amend
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Burettes, Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.), Chemical apparatus
Catalogs

Metallographic Outfit
- Part of Catalog of Laboratory Apparatus and Reagents for Industrial—Medical—Educational Laboratories
- 1922
Combination of photomicrographic camera and metallurgical microscope.
- Creator Of Work Williams, Brown & Earle
- Subject Photomicrography, Metallography, Physical instruments, Microscopes, Laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Photomicrography--Equipment and supplies
Catalogs, Charts, diagrams, etc

Specifications for Nitrometer Attachments
- 1922
From Manufacturing Chemists' Association Catalog for Standard Laboratory Apparatus, Part 1.

Nitrometer attachments: reservoir bulb, manifold, and support used on universal tube.
- Contributor Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.)
- Publisher Eimer & Amend
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.), Chemical apparatus
Catalogs, Charts, diagrams, etc

Specifications for Burette No. 2
- 1922
From Manufacturing Chemists' Association Catalog for Standard Laboratory Apparatus, Part 1.

Burette No. 2. Burette with 3 way stopcock. 50 ml graduated in 1/10th ml.
- Contributor Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.)
- Publisher Eimer & Amend
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Burettes, Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.), Chemical apparatus
Catalogs

Microscopes
- Part of Catalog of Laboratory Apparatus and Reagents for Industrial—Medical—Educational Laboratories
- 1922
- Creator Of Work Williams, Brown & Earle
- Subject Physical instruments, Microscopes, Laboratories--Equipment and supplies
Catalogs

Pyrometer
- Part of Catalog of Laboratory Apparatus and Reagents for Industrial—Medical—Educational Laboratories
- 1922
- Creator Of Work Williams, Brown & Earle
- Subject Physical instruments, Laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Pyrometers
Catalogs, Charts, diagrams, etc

Specifications for Nitrometers, Nitrocotton and Universal
- 1922
From Manufacturing Chemists' Association Catalog for Standard Laboratory Apparatus, Part 1.

DuPont Nitrometer. Used to measure and collect nitrogen from a chemical reaction.
- Contributor Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.)
- Publisher Eimer & Amend
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.), Chemical apparatus
Catalogs, Charts, diagrams, etc

Specifications for Mohr Pipettes
- 1922
From Manufacturing Chemists' Association Catalog for Standard Laboratory Apparatus, Part 1.

Mohr Pipettes. Invented by Karl Friedrich Mohr.
- Contributor Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.)
- Publisher Eimer & Amend
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Pipettes, Laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.), Chemical apparatus
Catalogs, Charts, diagrams, etc

Specifications for Nitrometer Reaction Bulb and Compensating Tube
- 1922
From Manufacturing Chemists' Association Catalog for Standard Laboratory Apparatus, Part 1.

Nitrometers, reaction bulb and compensating tube.
- Contributor Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.)
- Publisher Eimer & Amend
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.), Chemical apparatus
Catalogs

Type K Potentiometer Outfit
- Part of Catalog of Laboratory Apparatus and Reagents for Industrial—Medical—Educational Laboratories
- 1922
- Creator Of Work Williams, Brown & Earle
- Subject Physical instruments, Laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Potentiometer
Catalogs

Saybolt Standard Universal Viscosimeter
- Part of Catalog of Laboratory Apparatus and Reagents for Industrial—Medical—Educational Laboratories
- 1922
- Creator Of Work Williams, Brown & Earle
- Subject Physical instruments, Laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Viscosimeter
Catalogs, Charts, diagrams, etc

Specifications for Nitrometer Hooks
- 1922
From Manufacturing Chemists' Association Catalog for Standard Laboratory Apparatus, Part 1.

Nitrometer Hooks.
- Contributor Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.)
- Publisher Eimer & Amend
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.), Chemical apparatus
Catalogs

Recording H-Ion Potentiometer
- Part of Catalog of Laboratory Apparatus and Reagents for Industrial—Medical—Educational Laboratories
- 1922
- Creator Of Work Williams, Brown & Earle
- Subject Physical instruments, Laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Potentiometer
Catalogs, Charts, diagrams, etc

Specifications for Volumetric Flasks
- 1922
From Manufacturing Chemists' Association Catalog for Standard Laboratory Apparatus, Part 1.

Volumetric Flasks. Flat bottom, glass-stoppered and unstoppered.
- Contributor Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.)
- Publisher Eimer & Amend
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.), Chemical apparatus
Catalogs

Mojonnier Apparatus
- Part of Catalog of Laboratory Apparatus and Reagents for Industrial—Medical—Educational Laboratories
- 1922
Moisture and milk testers for determining fat and total solids in milk and dairy products according to the Mojonnier process.
- Creator Of Work Williams, Brown & Earle
- Subject Physical instruments, Milk--Testing, Laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Milkfat--Testing
Catalogs

Spencer Photo-Micrographic Outfit
- Part of Catalog of Laboratory Apparatus and Reagents for Industrial—Medical—Educational Laboratories
- 1922
- Creator Of Work Williams, Brown & Earle
- Subject Photomicrography, Physical instruments, Laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Photomicrography--Equipment and supplies
Catalogs

Various distilling apparatus
- Part of Illustrated Catalogue of Scientific Apparatus, Chemical Glassware and Laboratory Supplies
- 1910s – circa
4880a. For purifying mercury, U. S. Weather Bureau pattern.
4881. With central condenser, suitable for nitrogen, alcohol etc.
4882. For the recovery of volatile solvents used in extraction.
- Creator Of Work Emil Greiner Company
- Subject Distillation apparatus, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Chemical apparatus
Catalogs

Toepler-Holtz electrical machine
- Part of Illustrated Catalogue of Scientific Apparatus, Chemical Glassware and Laboratory Supplies
- 1910s – circa
Electrostatic induction device with plates and electrodes.
- Creator Of Work Emil Greiner Company
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Chemical apparatus

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