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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Questions about Laboratory Aspirator

« on: August 09, 2013, 08:34:00 am »

Thanks Mart!
I will try them too. 
Teri

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Questions about Laboratory Aspirator

« on: August 09, 2013, 08:17:40 am »

Thank you everyone, you've all been so much help.  I will contact the museum.  I didn't find that in my online search.  I was searching for the company though.  This is a great site here.  I enjoy looking at everyone's pieces here, even if I don't know enough to offer any advise.  Thanks again for all your time and thoughts about this thing.
Teri

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Questions about Laboratory Aspirator

« on: August 08, 2013, 02:20:24 pm »

OK, so I'm new at this.  Being this thing is a prototype.  I am wanting to sell it, any idea what I should ask for it?

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Questions about Laboratory Aspirator

« on: August 07, 2013, 10:02:33 am »

Hi KC,
In the literature you sent the link to it said you could get the plans to build your own aspirator.  Since this one has a manufacture label on it..that obviously isn't the case with this one.  Thanks so much for taking your time researching this, you got further than I did.
Teri

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Questions about Laboratory Aspirator

« on: August 07, 2013, 09:13:08 am »

Thank you KC.  I appreciate the info.  I plugged the darn thing in and it seems to work!
Still not sure how much to ask for it.
Take care, Teri

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Antique Questions Forum / Questions about Laboratory Aspirator

« on: August 06, 2013, 10:12:30 pm »

I'm re-posting this, hopefully I'm putting it in the right category this time.  We picked this up at an auction the other day.  I can't seem to find any
Info on Google or even a picture of one like this one.
The label says
"Bates Laboratory Aspirator
Ricetown Sample Devices Co.
Stuttgart, ARK
52 B 421"
It's made almost entirely of brass.
Wondering if anyone has seen one of these before.  Also wondering what they were used for (drying seeds, I think) But why?  For storing seeds, planting them or what.  Does the 52 in the SN stand for 1952?
Any Idea what this may be worth?  Thank you, Teri