1 bottle mercury to be used in meteorological experiments
Date: mid 19th-late 19th Century
Inventory Number: 1998-1-0850
Classification: Mercury
Subject:
Maker: Howe & French, Inc. (fl.1860)
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Dimensions:
9.3 x 3.4 x 3.4 cm (3 11/16 x 1 5/16 x 1 5/16 in.)
Description:
A square-sided glass bottle, tapering to a round opening with a screw top. The bottle is stopped with a cork, and is half-full of liquid mercury.
Signedon label: MERCURY / QUICKSILVER / HFB / 8-oz / HOWE & FRENCH INC / BOSTON
underneath diamond emblem: trade mark / over a century of service
underneath diamond emblem: trade mark / over a century of service
Inscribedon glass on bottom: 8oz 4 A(in circle) 47 USA
FunctionMercury for meterological applications.
Published ReferencesThe 1861 Boston Directory has an advertisement by Howe & French, "Successors to Chas. W. Badger," at 69 & 71 Blackstone Street, Boston. The ad lists some of their products as, "paints, oils, dye-stuffs, drugs, medicines, window glass..."