Test kit, soil
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- OBJECT TYPE
- acidity
- DATE
- 1924
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1988.0953.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Central Scientific Co.
- MODEL
- Truog
- LOCATION
- Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 5
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1: BRASS, MICA, SYNTHETIC/.2 METAL/.3 GLASS, CORK, PAPER/.4 GLASS, CORK, CHEMICALS/.5 METAL/ PAPER LABELS ON.3 &.4
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Forestry
- Category
- Silviculture
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- CENCO
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Illinois
- City
- Chicago
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
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Unknown - Function
-
USED TO TEST THE ACIDITY OF SOIL - Technical
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EXAMPLE OF EARLY SOIL ACIDITY TEST KIT - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 EMBOSSED 'CENTRAL SCIENTIFIC COMPANY/ CHICAGO'/.2: 'QUART' 'TO LOOSEN STRIKE CAP WITH HAMMER' 'C'/.3: 'Lead Acetate Test Paper/ (60 PIECES)/ PUT UP EXPRESSLY FOR TRUOG SOIL/ACIDITY TEST/ Central Scientific Co. Chicago'/.4: 'Selected Chemicals for Truog Soil Acidity Test/ [Caution/ Contents/ Directions]/ CENTRAL SCIENTIFIC CO.'/.5: MFG. PLATE: 'TRUOG SOIL TESTER/ AUTHORIZED BY AND CHEMICALS/ PREPARED UNDER THE DIRECTION/ OF E. Truog [Signature]/ MANUFACTURED AND SOLD ONLY BY/ CENTRAL SCIENTIFIC CO./ LABORATORY SUPPLIES/ APPARATUS/ CHEMICALS/ CENCO/ CHICAGO, U.S.A.'/ SCRATCHED ON TOP: 'DFS'
- Missing
- SOIL MEASURE/ FLASK/ SPATULA/ MEASURING SPOON/ MATCHES
- Finish
- .5 DARK GREY GLOSS PAINT (PEELING)/ LABELS ON.3 &.4 WHITE WITH BLACK PRINTING
- Decoration
- N/A
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Central Scientific Co., Test kit, soil, circa 1924, Artifact no. 1988.0953, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1988.0953.001/
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