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100g of yttrium dust in sealed glass tube

100g of yttrium dust in sealed glass tube

Percy Williams Bridgman
circa 1925
aluminum foil

aluminum foil

The American Platinum Works
circa 1939
antimony

antimony

American
ca. 1890-1920
antimony-potassium alloy samples in stoppered glass tube

antimony-potassium alloy samples in stoppered glass tube

Percy Williams Bridgman
1928
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Bismuth wire in pill box

The Menges Pharmacies
1905-1920
black phosphorus sample in stoppered glass tube inside glass jar

black phosphorus sample in stoppered glass tube inside glass jar

Percy Williams Bridgman
1934
box containing bars of metal

box containing bars of metal

Theodore William Richards
1890-1920
box of miscellaneous samples for high-pressure physics

box of miscellaneous samples for high-pressure physics

American
1940-1950
canvas sack of vanadium ore

canvas sack of vanadium ore

Vanadium Corporation of America
circa 1925
chromium screen plate section for paper machine

chromium screen plate section for paper machine

Chromium Corporation of America
date 1961
copper sample (rod)

copper sample (rod)

Theodore William Richards
circa 1925
large sample of nickel from nickel carbonyl

large sample of nickel from nickel carbonyl

American
circa 1925
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