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LicenseBronze inkstand, with inkwells and pounce box
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© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Bronze inkstand, with inkwells and pounce box
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Bronze inkstand, with inkwells and pounce box, used by Pasteur at Pont Gisquet, early 19th century
This ink stand was used by Louis Pasteur (1822-1895), the French chemist and microbiologist, while working on the diseases of silkworms at Pont Gisquet, southern France from 1865-1870. He discovered the parasites responsible for damaging the French silk worm industry and successfully insti-gated isolation and destruction of infected worms to prevent the spread of disease.
Details
- Category:
- Wellcome (general)
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A67394
- Materials:
- bronze
- Measurements:
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overall: 5 mm x 245 mm x 137 mm, 1.67kg
- type:
- inkstand
- credit:
- Fourney-Magnan
