Collection

71 bottles and 2 packets containing preparations of essential oils

71 bottles and 2 packets containing preparations of essential oils, etc, belonging to F. B. Power. Some dated 1880-1923

Details

Category:
Biochemistry
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
1982-1774
Materials:
containers, glass, containers, cork, containers, paper, contents, essential oils and contents, crystals
type:
bottle
credit:
Wellcome Trustees

Parts

Glass bottle

Glass bottle

Glass bottle, corked, containing white crystals of salicylic acid, from true oil of Wintergreen obtained from Black River Falls, Wisconsin, crystallized from water

Object Number:
1982-1774 Pt1
type:
salicylic acid
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Glass bottle

Glass bottle

Glass bottle, corked, containing white crystals of salicylic acid, from oil of birch obtained from C.M. Briggs, Iowa, crystallized from water

Object Number:
1982-1774 Pt2
type:
salicylic acid
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Glass bottle with ground-glass stopper

Glass bottle with ground-glass stopper

Glass bottle with ground-glass stopper, containing white crystals, lab elled `Pip-menthol, C10 H20 O, from H M Todd, Soltaura, Mich. 1884'

Object Number:
1982-1774 Pt3
type:
bottles
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Glass bottle

Glass bottle

Glass bottle, corked, containing amber liquid, labelled `Synthetic Methyl Salicylate ( Schimmel & Co.), Sp. grav 1.1838 at 15 degrees. B.P 221-223 degrees'

Object Number:
1982-1774 Pt4
type:
synthetic methyl salicylate
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Glass bottle

Glass bottle

Glass bottle, corked, containing red liquid, labelled `Oil of/Erigeron canadense. Lin./ frat. Ord. Compositae/from H M Todd, Soltaura, Mich/1887'

Object Number:
1982-1774 Pt5
type:
bottles
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Glass bottle, corked, containing yellow liquid

Glass bottle, corked, containing yellow liquid

Glass bottle, corked, containing yellow liquid, labelled `Pure oil of Wintergreen/once ratified .../from R H Wilson, Black River Falls/Wis.'

Object Number:
1982-1774 Pt6
type:
bottles
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Glass bottle

Glass bottle

Glass bottle, corked, containing pale yellow liquid, labelled `Oil of true Fireweed/ Erechthitis hieracifolia. Rat/Sat. Ord. Com[positae/from H M Todd, Soltaura, Mich/1887'

Object Number:
1982-1774 Pt7
type:
bottles
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Glass bottle

Glass bottle

Glass bottle, corked, containing pale pink powder of pure quinia, 1oz, by Powers and Weightman, Philadelphia, USA

Object Number:
1982-1774 Pt8
type:
bottles
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Glass bottle

Glass bottle

Glass bottle, corked, containing Sulpho-carbolate of zinc, by Powers and Weightman, Philadelphia, USA

Object Number:
1982-1774 Pt9
type:
bottles
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Glass bottle with ground-glass stopper

Glass bottle with ground-glass stopper

Glass bottle with ground-glass stopper, containing green crystals of Chloride of Nickel, NiCl2 + 6H2O

Object Number:
1982-1774 Pt10
type:
bottles
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Glass bottle

Glass bottle

Glass bottle, corked, containing orange liquid, labelled `Oil of Cloves'

Object Number:
1982-1774 Pt11
type:
bottles
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Small Glass bottle

Small Glass bottle

Small Glass bottle, corked, empty, labelled `Butyrate of Amyl/Sp. grav. 0.870 at 15 degree C'

Object Number:
1982-1774 Pt12
type:
bottles
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Square Glass bottle

Square Glass bottle

Square Glass bottle, corked, containing pale orange liquid, labelled `Oil of/Saultheria/( Werbke)'

Object Number:
1982-1774 Pt13
type:
bottles
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Glass phial containing pink powder

Glass phial containing pink powder

Glass phial containing pink powder, labelled `Hydrochloride of Alkloid from Locust Bark'

Object Number:
1982-1774 Pt14
type:
vials
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Glass tube with metal cap

Glass tube with metal cap

Glass tube with metal cap, containing red powder, labelled `Sanguinarine/Hydrochloride/ C12 H15 SO4.HCL/(Stechet)'

Materials:
glass
Object Number:
1982-1774 Pt15
type:
tubes
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Glass tube with metal cap

Glass tube with metal cap

Glass tube with metal cap, containing red powder, labelled `Sanguinarine Nitrate/C12 H15 SO4. HNO3/(Stecher)'

Materials:
glass
Object Number:
1982-1774 Pt16
type:
tubes
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Glass tube with metal cap

Glass tube with metal cap

Glass tube with metal cap, containing pale pink powder, labelled `Sanguinarine/C12 H15 SO4/(Stecher)'

Materials:
glass
Object Number:
1982-1774 Pt17
type:
tubes
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Small Glass bottle

Small Glass bottle

Small Glass bottle, corked, containing traces of brown liquid, labelled `Essential oil from Cotton plant, July 1923, Phytochemical Laboratory Bureau of Chemistry'

Object Number:
1982-1774 Pt18
type:
bottles
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Paper packet containing Salicylic acid from Drigg's Oil of Birch

Paper packet containing Salicylic acid from Drigg's Oil of Birch

Paper packet containing Salicylic acid from Drigg's Oil of Birch, crystallized from water

Object Number:
1982-1774 Pt19
type:
packet
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Paper packet containing Salicylic acid from true oil of Wintergreen

Paper packet containing Salicylic acid from true oil of Wintergreen

Paper packet containing Salicylic acid from true oil of Wintergreen, crystallized from water

Object Number:
1982-1774 Pt20
type:
packet
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Glass bottle

Glass bottle

Glass bottle, corked, containing white crystals, labelled `Salicylic acid/C2 H6 O3/from true oil of Wintergreen/crystallized from Alcohol'

Object Number:
1982-1774 Pt21
type:
bottles
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Glass bottle

Glass bottle

Glass bottle, corked, containing amber liquid, labelled `Heavy Camphor Oil'

Object Number:
1982-1774 Pt22
type:
bottles
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Glass bottle

Glass bottle

Glass bottle, corked, containing yellow liquid, labelled `Citronella/from Citronella Oil/ C10 H18 O/Boiling point 217-230 degree C'

Object Number:
1982-1774 Pt23
type:
bottles
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Glass bottle

Glass bottle

Glass bottle, corked, containing yellow liquid, labelled `Terpineol/C10 H18 O'

Object Number:
1982-1774 Pt24
type:
bottles
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Glass bottle

Glass bottle

Glass bottle, corked, containing yellow liquid, labelled `Copaiva Oil'

Object Number:
1982-1774 Pt25
type:
bottles
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Glass bottle

Glass bottle

Glass bottle, corked, containing yellow liquid, labelled `Citronellon/Sp. grav 0.871 at 20 degree C./Sp. Rotation [alpha] D + +8.18 degree/From Schimmel & Co. 1891'

Object Number:
1982-1774 Pt26
type:
bottles
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Glass bottle

Glass bottle

Glass bottle, corked, containing yellow liquid, labelled `Oil of Birch/adulterated with petroleum/from C M Briggs. White Haven, Pa./spec. grav. 1.1606 at 15 degree C'

Object Number:
1982-1774 Pt27
type:
bottles
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Glass bottle

Glass bottle

Glass bottle, corked, containing yellow liquid, labelled `Citronellon', by Fritzsche Brothers, New York and Hoboken, New Jersey, January 20, 1889

Object Number:
1982-1774 Pt28
type:
bottles
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Glass bottle

Glass bottle

Glass bottle, corked, containing yellow liquid, labelled `Rectified oil of Peppermint'

Object Number:
1982-1774 Pt29
type:
bottles
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Glass bottle

Glass bottle

Glass bottle, corked, containing yellow liquid, labelled `Synthetic oil of Wintergreen'

Object Number:
1982-1774 Pt30
type:
bottles
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Glass bottle

Glass bottle

Glass bottle, corked, containing yellow liquid, labelled `Japanese oil of Peppermint'

Object Number:
1982-1774 Pt31
type:
bottles
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Glass bottle

Glass bottle

Glass bottle, corked, containing yellow liquid, labelled, `Citronella Aldehyde'

Object Number:
1982-1774 Pt32
type:
bottles
Glass bottle

Glass bottle

Glass bottle, corked, containing yellow liquid, labelled `Oil of citronella (Fritszche Bros)'

Object Number:
1982-1774 Pt33
type:
bottles
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Glass bottle

Glass bottle

Glass bottle, corked, containing yellow liquid, labelled `Pure oil of Wintergreen, from R b Wilson'

Object Number:
1982-1774 Pt34
type:
bottles
Glass bottle

Glass bottle

Glass bottle, corked, containing yellow liquid, labelled `Oil of Sassafras wood, Sp Grav. 1.0755 at 15 degree C'

Object Number:
1982-1774 Pt35
type:
bottles
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Glass bottle

Glass bottle

Glass bottle, corked, containing red liquid, labelled `Oil of Bay'

Object Number:
1982-1774 Pt36
type:
bottles
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Glass bottle

Glass bottle

Glass bottle, corked, containing red liquid, labelled, `Oil of Sassafras wood, Sp Grav. 1. 0755 at 15 degree C'

Object Number:
1982-1774 Pt37
type:
bottles
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Glass bottle

Glass bottle

Glass bottle, corked, containing red liquid, labelled `Eugenol'

Object Number:
1982-1774 Pt38
type:
bottles
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Glass bottle

Glass bottle

Glass bottle, corked, containing red liquid, labelled `Oil of Pennyroyal, (Hedeoma phlegeoides, L.) Fritzsche Brothers'

Object Number:
1982-1774 Pt39
type:
bottles
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Glass bottle

Glass bottle

Glass bottle, corked, containing red liquid, labelled `Rectified Lemongrass Oil'

Object Number:
1982-1774 Pt40
type:
bottles
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Glass bottle

Glass bottle

Glass bottle, corked, containing red liquid, labelled `Cedarwood Oil'

Object Number:
1982-1774 Pt41
type:
bottles
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Glass bottle

Glass bottle

Glass bottle, corked, containing red liquid, labelled `Oil of Pennyroyal, (Hedeoma phlegeoides, L.) Firtzsche Brothers'

Object Number:
1982-1774 Pt42
type:
bottles
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Glass bottle

Glass bottle

Glass bottle, corked, containing red liquid, labelled `Citral, C10 H16 O'

Object Number:
1982-1774 Pt43
type:
bottles
Glass bottle

Glass bottle

Glass bottle, corked, containing red liquid, labelled `Oil of Pennyroyal'

Object Number:
1982-1774 Pt44
type:
bottles
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Glass bottle

Glass bottle

Glass bottle, corked, containing red liquid, labelled `Oil of Erigeron canadense Lin./Sat. Ord. Composita/C10 H16/distilled at 176 degree C'

Object Number:
1982-1774 Pt45
type:
bottles
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Glass bottle

Glass bottle

Glass bottle, corked, containing red liquid, labelled `Oil of Sage Brush, Artemisia tridentata. Lin./Compositae/Sept 1891'

Object Number:
1982-1774 Pt46
type:
bottles
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Glass bottle

Glass bottle

Glass bottle, corked, containing red liquid, labelled, `Oleum Thuyae, from Thuya occidentalis Lin./0.44% Sept 1891'

Object Number:
1982-1774 Pt47
type:
bottles
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Glass bottle

Glass bottle

Glass bottle, corked, containing yellow liquid, labelled `Pure Methyl Salicylate, Oil of Birch'

Object Number:
1982-1774 Pt48
type:
bottles
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Glass bottle

Glass bottle

Glass bottle, corked, containing pale yellow liquid, labelled `Oil of true Fireweed/ Erechthitis hieracifolia. Rat/Sat. Ord. Compositae /distilled between 185-190 degree C'

Object Number:
1982-1774 Pt49
type:
bottles
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Glass bottle

Glass bottle

Glass bottle, containing white crystalline powder, labelled `Synthetic coumarin'

Object Number:
1982-1774 Pt50
type:
bottles
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Glass bottle

Glass bottle

Glass bottle, containing white crystalline powder, labelled, `Salicylic acid/C2 H6 O3/ from Schimmel's chloroform and crystallized from water'

Object Number:
1982-1774 Pt51
type:
bottles
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Glass bottle

Glass bottle

Glass bottle, containing white crystalline powder, labelled, `Salicylic acid/C2 H5 O3/ from Oil of birch (Driggs)/dissolved by chloroform and crystallized from water'

Object Number:
1982-1774 Pt52
type:
bottles
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Glass bottle

Glass bottle

Glass bottle, containing white crystalline powder, labelled, `Salicylic acid/C2 H6 O3/ from true oil of Wintergreen (Werkbe)

Object Number:
1982-1774 Pt53
type:
bottles
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Glass bottle

Glass bottle

Glass bottle, containing white crystalline powder, labeleld, `Salicylic acid/C2 H6 O3/ from true Oil of Wintergreen/dissolved by chloroform and crystallized from water'

Object Number:
1982-1774 Pt54
type:
bottles
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Glass bottle

Glass bottle

Glass bottle, containing white crystalline powder, labelled, `Salicylic acid/from true Oil of Wintergreen (Werbke)'

Object Number:
1982-1774 Pt55
type:
bottles
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Small glass jar of white crystals

Small glass jar of white crystals

Small glass jar of white crystals, labelled `Nerolin'

Object Number:
1982-1774 Pt56
type:
jar
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Glass bottle

Glass bottle

Glass bottle, corked, containing large white crystals of Sulpho-carbonate of Potassium ( Mallinckrodt's)

Object Number:
1982-1774 Pt57
type:
bottles
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Glass bottle

Glass bottle

Glass bottle, corked, sealed, containing white crystals labelled `Salicylic acid/from Oil of Birch/Betula lenta Lin.'

Object Number:
1982-1774 Pt58
type:
bottles
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Small glass bottle

Small glass bottle

Small glass bottle, sealed, containing white crystals, labelled `Amyrin'

Object Number:
1982-1774 Pt59
type:
bottles
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Small glass bottle

Small glass bottle

Small glass bottle, sealed, containing white crystals, labelled `Indifferent Elemi resin/ C28 H46 O2'

Object Number:
1982-1774 Pt60
type:
bottles
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Small glass bottle

Small glass bottle

Small glass bottle, containing white powder, sealed, labelled `Elemic Acid, isolated by Dr Buri'

Object Number:
1982-1774 Pt61
type:
bottles
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Glass bottle

Glass bottle

Glass bottle, corked, containing yellow liquid, labelled `Oil of Cognac, artificial'

Object Number:
1982-1774 Pt62
type:
bottles
Glass bottle

Glass bottle

Glass bottle, corked, containing blue liquid, labelled `Oil of Blue Copaiva, Spec. Grav. 0.913 at 15 degree C'

Object Number:
1982-1774 Pt63
type:
bottles
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Glass bottle with ground-glass stopper

Glass bottle with ground-glass stopper

Glass bottle with ground-glass stopper, containing yellow powder, labelled `Berberine hydrochloride, from J H Lloyd, Cincinnati, 1884'

Object Number:
1982-1774 Pt64
type:
bottles
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Glass bottle with ground-glass stopper

Glass bottle with ground-glass stopper

Glass bottle with ground-glass stopper, sealed, containing brown residue, labelled `Heliotropin'

Object Number:
1982-1774 Pt65
type:
bottles
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Glass bottle

Glass bottle

Glass bottle, corked, empty, labelled `Acetate of amyl'

Object Number:
1982-1774 Pt66
type:
bottles
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Glass bottle

Glass bottle

Glass bottle, corked, empty, labelled `Ethyl benzoate (benzyl ether)'

Object Number:
1982-1774 Pt67
type:
bottles
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Glass bottle

Glass bottle

Glass bottle, corked, empty, labelled `Methyl benzoate'

Object Number:
1982-1774 Pt68
type:
bottles
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Small glass bottle containing black crystalline substance

Small glass bottle containing black crystalline substance

Small glass bottle containing black crystalline substance, labelled `Metallic selenium from Dr Hofmann, NY 1888'

Object Number:
1982-1774 Pt69
type:
bottles
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Glass tube with metal cap

Glass tube with metal cap

Glass tube with metal cap, containing pale pink powder, labelled `Resin from Sanguinarine/ (Stecher)'

Materials:
glass
Object Number:
1982-1774 Pt70
type:
tubes
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Glass tube with metal cap

Glass tube with metal cap

Glass tube with metal cap, containing pale pink powder, labelled `Decomposition product from Sanguinarine/(Stecher)'

Materials:
glass
Object Number:
1982-1774 Pt71
type:
tubes
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Glass tube with metal cap, containing black powder

Glass tube with metal cap, containing black powder

Glass tube with metal cap, containing black powder, labelled `Peach? VII/0.0609'

Materials:
glass
Object Number:
1982-1774 Pt72
type:
tubes
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

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