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Dewar flask

Date: circa 1966
Inventory Number: 2003-1-0308
Classification: Container
Subject:
chemistry, physics, nuclear physics,
Maker: Superior Air Products Company
Cultural Region:
United States,
Place of Origin:
Newark,
Dimensions:
73.7 x 40.6 x 40.6 cm (29 x 16 x 16 in.)
Material:
steel,
Description:
Large metal container equiped with two handles and a cap on a chain.
In Collection(s)
  • Exhibit 2005--CHSI's Putnam Gallery
Signedon screwed plaque: Superior Air Products Co. / SUPAIRCO / Plants and Apparatus for / Oxygen-Nitrogen-Liquid Air / Newark, N.J.
Inscribedon the surface, in white paint: Harvard Univ. Cyclotron
on the surface, in white paint: #6
FunctionThis container was used to store liquid nitrogen at the Harvard Cyclotron Laboratory.
ProvenanceHarvard Cyclotron Laboratory

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