stoppered glass test tube of radium
Date: circa 1900
Inventory Number: 4878
Classification: Metal Sample
Subject:
User: Theodore William Richards (1868 - 1928)
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Dimensions:
12 x 1 cm (4 3/4 x 3/8 in.)
Description:
RADIOACTIVE!
Glass test tube with cork stopper containing a foil-wrapped radium sample. Label is off-white and black.
Glass test tube with cork stopper containing a foil-wrapped radium sample. Label is off-white and black.
Signedlabel, top center: T.W. RICHARDS
Inscribedlabel, center: Radium / Preparations