Pro/pette, Prototype
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Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- This object is a prototype liquid-handling machine developed at Cetus Corporation in Emeryville, California, in the early 1980s. It was designed to facilitate bioactivity assays by automatically performing dilution series. It has the ability to manipulate small volumes of liquid on a microtiter plate. The Pro/pette was later adapted to become part of the first PCR machine, “Mr. Cycle” (see object 1993.0166.01).
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- 1994.0031.01
- catalog number
- 1994.0031.01
- accession number
- 1994.0031
- Object Name
- propette
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- plastic (overall material)
- rubber (overall material)
- Measurements
- average spatial: 36.2 cm x 26 cm x 38.1 cm; 14 1/4 in x 10 1/4 in x 15 in
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- Medicine and Science: Biological Sciences
- Biotechnology and Genetics
- Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
- Science & Mathematics
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1165104
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-fc57-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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