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Collection of 21 Small Test Tubes Containing Synthesis of Terpenes and Related Specimens Prepared by W. H. Perkin Jnr., Early 20th Century

Inventory Number 13508


Item type
Object
Provenance
Transferred from the Dyson Perrins Laboratory, Oxford, in 1998.
Other inscriptions
Modern loose identifying note 'Perkin - synthesis of terpenes & related specimens.'.
Object type
Test tube
Inventory No
13508
Accession Number
1998-5

Description

Card box (no lid) and paper wrapper containing 21 small cork-stoppered test tubes, mostly containing white or pale crystalline material, all with handwritten labels [in the hand of W. H. Perkin jnr].