Description:
The remnants of a carboard box on the bottom of which is the following paper label in T. W. Richards' handwriting:
"Each of these bars of metal contains / the atomic weight in grams, (or perhaps / about one septillion atoms) / (1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 atoms). / Each bar has very nearly the same / capacity for heat, about that of 6,1 gr. / of water.
(about (1,000,000)^4 atoms / or one septillion atoms)."
The box currently contains three metal samples, and it is probable that it contained three more now stored separately (see Curatorial Remarks).