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Measurements:
box: 14 in x 4 in; 35.56 cm x 10.16 cm
overall: 1 7/8 in x 14 in x 5 1/2 in; 4.7625 cm x 35.56 cm x 13.97 cm
Object Name:
fluorescent compount, liquid box of
Description:
Box of fluorescent samples owned by the American electrical engineer, William J. Hammer (1858-1934) . A tag on the box reads “MAX KOHL / . . . / CHEMNITZ.”
Ref: William J. Hammer, <i>Radium and Other Radioactive Substances. Polonium, Actinium, and Thorium, with a Consideration of Phosphorescent and Fluorescent Substances, the Properties and Applications of Selenium and the Treatment of Disease by the Ultraviolet Light</i> (New York, 1903).
Max Kohl, <i>Physical Apparatus</i> (Chemnitz, 191?), p. 519.
Location:
Currently not on view
Credit Line:
Gift of International Business Machines Corporation
ID Number:
CH.320565
Catalog number:
320565
Accession number:
241402
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Medicine and Science: Chemistry
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-7d4c-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_2412