flask
Date1880-1930
Inventory Number4017
ClassificationGlassware
Subject
Maker
American
?
Cultural Region
Dimensions13 x 9 cm (5 1/8 x 3 9/16 in.)
Material
DescriptionRound flask with a threaded brass cap. The glass is very thin. Marked with old Harvard numbers not entirely legible: "6-66" and "?-?3".
Signedunsigned
FunctionUsed in weighing gases.
Date: 1890-1930
Object number: RS0501
American
Date: 20th-mid 20th Century
Accessories: cork stopper, woven holder
Object number: 1997-1-1900
Date: 1890-1930
Object number: RS0505
Date: 1890-1930
Object number: RS0508
Thomson-Houston Electric Company
Date: late 19th-early 20th Century
Object number: 1997-1-0767
George Gilbert Rakestraw
Date: 1878-1905
Accessories: microscope in its box (2004-1-0339b) ; bullseye condensers (2003-1-0339c,d); mineralogy books (in the CHSI library)
Object number: 2004-1-0339a
American
Date: late 19th-early 20th Century
Accessories: glass base stand
Object number: 1997-1-1228
