Centennial Blowpipe Demonstration
Object Details
- Creator
- National Museum of Natural History
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- 8,249
- Video Title
- Centennial Blowpipe Demonstration
- Description
- This video explores the use of an early tool called a blowpipe that James Smithson used to distinguish between similar forms of calamite, allowing him to discover the mineral that would eventually be named in his honor. Smithson was widely admired for his skill in using the blowpipe and could manipulate minuscule quantities of material. His work on zinc ores exemplified not only his technical skill but also the depth of his scientific understanding, both of which are still honored today through the mineral Smithsonite.
- Video Duration
- 1 min 52 sec
- YouTube Keywords
- smithsonian natural history ocean anthropology forensics entomology zoology science culture dinosaurs biology
- Uploaded
- 2016-09-02T14:49:30.000Z
- Type
- YouTube Videos
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- National Museum of Natural History
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- smithsonianNMNH
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- Education
- Topic
- Natural History
- Record ID
- yt_UKLrGfiCFt0
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