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Title: Weighing & Flasking Quicksilver
Creator: Winn-Bulmore
Contributing Institution: History San Jose Research Library
Collection: History San Jose Online Catalog
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Description: Henry Tregoning filling flasks with mercury, at New Almaden Quicksilver Mine. After filling, Tregoning weighed each flask to confirm the weight of 76 pounds. A total of 200,000 flasks were produced from 1870 to 1883. Title: "Weighing and Flasking Quicksilver, Hacienda"
Type: Image
Format: Black & White, Photogravure
Identifier: AC77D87A-577D-47AE-B031-011067360337
1997-300-1839

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