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Maker:
Parke, Davis and Company  Search this
Physical Description:
glass (overall material)
cotton wool (overall material)
paper (overall material)
litmus gelatin (contents material)
Measurements:
overall: 3 3/4 in x 7/8 in; 9.525 cm x 2.2225 cm
overall: 9 cm x 2.2 cm; 3 17/32 in x 7/8 in
Object Name:
biological
culture media test tube
Place made:
United States: Michigan, Detroit
Date made:
1898
Description:
Glass test tube with paper label and cotton wool stopper. Dried culture media in tube. Paper label has lines for recording "Name" and "Date". The tube is one of 50 tubes in the Parke, Davis & Company Culture Media Set (MG.142336.01).
Location:
Currently not on view
Credit Line:
Gift of Parke, Davis & Company
ID Number:
MG.142336.05
Catalog number:
142336.05
Accession number:
33542
See more items in:
Medicine and Science: Medicine
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-c4cc-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1439531