stoppered glass bottle of glycerin
Date: circa 1900
Inventory Number: 4704
Classification: Chemical
Subject:
Maker: The W. J. M. Gordon Chemical Company (1848 - 1956)
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Dimensions:
27 x 9 cm (10 5/8 x 3 9/16 in.)
Material:
Description:
Class B chemical. Glycerol, C3H5(OH)3.
Stoppered clear glass bottle of glycerol with yellowed label. Bottle is cylindrical, with narrow ground ringed neck and tall ground glass stopper. "3935" is printed in white on a black label near the base of the bottle.
Stoppered clear glass bottle of glycerol with yellowed label. Bottle is cylindrical, with narrow ground ringed neck and tall ground glass stopper. "3935" is printed in white on a black label near the base of the bottle.
Signedlabel, top center and bottom center: The W. J. M. Gordon Chemical Co., / CINCINNATI, OHIO.
Inscribedlabel, center: CHEM. PURE GLYCERIN;
on label near base of bottle: 3935
on label near base of bottle: 3935
FunctionChemistry.
From Webster's 1913 Unabridged: "Glycerin: n. (Chem.) An oily, viscous liquid, C3H5(OH)3, colorless and odorless, and with a hot, sweetish taste, existing in the natural fats and oils as the base, combined with various acids, as oleic, margaric, stearic, and palmitic. It is a triatomic alcohol, and hence is also called glycerol. . . It is obtained from fats by saponification, or, on a large scale, by the action of superheated steam. It is used as an ointment, as a solvent and vehicle for medicines, and as an adulterant in wine, beer, etc.
From Webster's 1913 Unabridged: "Glycerin: n. (Chem.) An oily, viscous liquid, C3H5(OH)3, colorless and odorless, and with a hot, sweetish taste, existing in the natural fats and oils as the base, combined with various acids, as oleic, margaric, stearic, and palmitic. It is a triatomic alcohol, and hence is also called glycerol. . . It is obtained from fats by saponification, or, on a large scale, by the action of superheated steam. It is used as an ointment, as a solvent and vehicle for medicines, and as an adulterant in wine, beer, etc.