Object Details
- Description
- A metal plate on the side of this pump reads in part “IVAN SORVALL / NEW YORK, N.Y., U.S.A.” and “SERVALL LABORATORY AIDS.” Ivan Sorvall (1897-1922) was born in Stockholm, trained in commercial matters, moved to the U.S. in 1922, and began importing Swedish merchandise. In 1930 he organized Ivan Sorvall, Inc., manufacturers of centrifuges and other laboratory equipment. The trademark of the firm was “Servall.”
- Ref: “Ivan Sorvall,” New York Times (Nov. 11, 1952), p. 29.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of the City of New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
- ID Number
- 2017.0184.071
- accession number
- 2017.0184
- catalog number
- 2017.0184.071
- Object Name
- pump, pipetting
- public health
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- plastic (overall material)
- rubber (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 10 cm x 14 cm; 3 15/16 in x 5 1/2 in
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- The Antibody Initiative
- Health & Medicine
- Antibody Initiative: New York City Public Health Collections
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_722494
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-81a8-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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