Edison’s table, however, should
be cluttered with chemicals, shown figure 35.General Guidelines for Chemistry Laboratory Furnishings
The photographs from the early twentieth century all show that much the space
on top the tables was taken with bottles chemicals-this not the case at
present. effort should made fill the lower shelves-some open space
is consistent with the laboratory are trying portray. The laboratory equipment and
bottles chemicals should placed the side the tables nearest the walls, as
if laboratory staff were working along the inside aisles, facing the center the
room. Although know which
chemicals were each table, there way tell the size bottle which they
were stored.
Some small glass containers with metal screw caps were used hold samples of
metals and ores. the case substances such shellac (which were purchased in
bulk from suppliers and used experiments) the determination the packaging
is taken from the packages found the lean-to next the chemistry building.
Some bare space top the experimental tables desirable.
The shelves underneath the laboratory tables should cleared all artifacts
except bottles tins chemicals. Therefore
random bottles chemicals and labelled samples should used the racks. Large bottles (of liters) were usually
kept there. To
compound these difficulties, development and implementation 1973
furnishings plan probably caused chemicals removed replaced. difficult to
determine which chemicals were placed the rack and what kind bottles were
used there. Instead, objects that are
readily located table tops and the exact items illustrated photographs in
chemical suppliers’ catalogues have been identified; the remaining items should be
located the collection and compared with the photographs before placement. This table should short on
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It has been decided not provide catalog numbers for the all ordinary glassware
recommended the furnishings plan because this will give the installer the job of
locating specific items the large museum collection. This keeps vulnerable equipment away from visitors and hopefully outside
the reach small children who might tempted touch taste. appears that there was method ordering system use. Room should be
left show the experimental notebooks clearly.
Every effort should made give this space "lived in" look: the installation
should include cigars the tables, crumpled paper the floor, hats and coats
hung the sides the wall closets, and on. The chemicals were contained glass-stoppered bottles various sizes.
Note that all chemicals exhibit will reproductions. Smaller bottles had cork stoppers.
On the other hand, the racks the end the tables should full bottles of
chemicals, photographs show these racks packed with bottles
