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Bottle, Apothecary

Label is partially cracked off. V.Iris R. remains. Wide mouth apothecary glass jar, scalloped glass stopper. Ground glass on interior of jar neck and base of stopper. Lable panel with printed glass label. 1 1/4 of label broken off. Capacity 500 ml.

Tags: Containers, Glass, Health, History, Medicine, Pharmaceuticals, Science and Technology, Tools and Equipment

Bottle, Apothecary (Bismuth Subnitrate)

Label: Bismuth Subnitrate.
Standard chemical storage jar with large mouth. Glass stopper with ground glass at base. Ground glass also on interior of neck of jar. Handwritten gummed label. 150 mL cap.

Tags: Containers, Glass, Health, History, Medicine, Pharmaceuticals, Science and Technology, Tools and Equipment

Bottle, Apothecary

Narrow mouth standard chemical storage jar. Glass stopper. Ground glass on interior of jar neck and base of stopper. No label. Residue present. 1 L.

Tags: Containers, Glass, Health, History, Medicine, Pharmaceuticals, Science and Technology, Tools and Equipment

Clamp

Clamp consisting of two opposing screws going through two blocks.

Tags: History, Science and Technology, Tools and Equipment

Projectile

Iron, shell, James Type I for 14-pound rifled James cannon. Surface pitted with rust. Reportedly found near the National Cemetery in Fayetteville, AR. Patented by Charles T. James, 22 Feb 1856, patent #14,315.

Tags: 19th Century, Arkansas, Armaments, Civil War, Fayetteville, History, North America, Science and Technology, Tools and Equipment, United States, Washington County

Flask, Powder

Gunpowder flask homemade from a gourd. Has piece of rawhide for a stopper. Letters R A T inscribed on side.

Tags: Accessories, Armaments, History, Plants, Science and Technology

Sword

Knuckle-bow and shell are of one piece with a down-turned quillon. Pommel is separate from knuckle-bow. Grip is made of wood. A fuller extends the full length of the blade and the blade has a false edge.

Tags: Armaments, Edged Weapons, History, Metal, Science and Technology, Wood

Lamp

Slightly concave base; projecting nozzle with wick hole and molded scrolls on either side; small filling hole near side of discus.

Discus has relief design of two victories holding shield above cippus. Discus surrounded by 3 molded rings and worn…

Tags: 1st Century BCE, Archeology, Armaments, Asia, Classical Antiquity, Furnishings, Household, Imagery, Lighting, Science and Technology, Sulla, Syria, Tools and Equipment

Doll, Benjamin Banneker

Doll of Benjamin Banneker. African American male, charcoal gray coat, and short pants, black hat and pointed toe shoes.

Starting in the 1960s, I. Roberta Bell, a Chicago school teacher, created a set of 26 dolls to help teach African American…

Tags: 20th Century, African American History, Art, Black, Children, Clothing, Communication, Gray, Imagery, North America, People, Recreation, School, Science and Technology, Toys, United States

Computer, Bendix

Bendix Computer and accessories. Acquired by Animal Science Department in 1957. The first computer at the University of Arkansas.

Computer, includes terminal, keyboard, printer, and manuals. Bendix Corporation G-15 computer, U of A No. 31218.…

Tags: 20th Century, Animal Science, Animals, Arkansas, Black, Blue, Communication, Fayetteville, Green, History, Mammals, North America, Science and Technology, United States, University of Arkansas

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Bottle, Apothecary

Bottle, Apothecary (Bismuth Subnitrate)

Bottle, Apothecary

Clamp

Projectile

Flask, Powder

Sword

Lamp

Doll, Benjamin Banneker

Computer, Bendix

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