General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

GLASS BOTTLE WITH RECTANGUALR & CIRCULAR PAPER LABELS/ BOTTLE TOP SEALED WITH CORD WRAPPED PAPER & WAX SEAL/ POWDERED CHEMICAL

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

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Width

5.0 cm

Height

12.0 cm

Thickness

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Weight

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Diameter

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Volume

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Lexicon

Group

Chemistry

Category

Laboratory chemicals

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

MERCK

Country

Germany

State/Province

Unknown

City

Darmstadt

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

Unknown

Canada

PART OF COLLECTION BELONGING TO J.P. HENDERSON, WHO ACQUIRED IT FROM AGRICULTURE CANADA DATING FROM CA. 1950. MR. HENDERSON WORKED AT DOMINION OBSERVATORY, WHICH WAS ON AGRICULTURE CANADA'S CENTRAL EXPERIMENTAL FARM IN OTTAWA. HE MAY HAVE BEEN AUTHOR OF "THE HISTORY OF THE DOMINION OBSERVATORIES".

Function

WHITE POWDER USED IN 1% ALCOHOLIC SOLUTION AS INDICATOR IN TITRATIONS OF MINERAL & ORGANIC ACIDS & MOST ALKALIES.

Technical

EXAMPLE OF CHEMICAL & CHEMICAL BOTTLE AS SOLD BY VARIOUS CHEMICAL & CHEMISTRY LAB EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS & DISTRIBUTORS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

BLACK LETTERING ON RECTANGULAR LABEL READS "PHENOLPHTALEINE/ PURE PH. G. IV/ Made in Germany/ E. Merck Darmstadt" WITH STAMPED "2 OZ." & "03=26"?/ EMBOSSED LETTERING ON CIRCULAR LABEL READS "E. MERCK DARMSTADT / REGISTERED TRADEMARK"/ RAISED "125" ON BOTTLE UNDERSIDE

Missing

COMPLETE

Finish

TRANSPARENT AMBER BOTTLE/ GREY & WHITE LABELS/ BUFF? PAPER & CORD/ RED SWAL/ WHITE POWDER

Decoration

REPETITIVE PATTERN OF WHITE HANDWRITTEN "E. MERCK" ON RECTANGULAR LABEL/ CIRCULAR LOGO LABEL WITH SCALLOPED EDGE, EMBOSSED HERALDIC TYPE DESIGN, & WHITE & GREY STRIPING.