Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2007.22.068
Accession#:
2007.22
Credit Line:
Transferred from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.
Object Name:
Tongs
Title:
Assaying Crucible Tongs
Year Range from:
1950
Year Range to:
1996
Description:
Crucible Pouring Tongs
Made from a piece of flat metal bar. One end has been bent into a semicircle tear drop shape, two legs extend from it. These bars move slightly apart as they move out. At the end of one bar is a 'u' shaped piece. The other bar ends in a straight line.
Notes:
Used to remove crucibles from the muffle furnace. The forked end goes around the body of a crucible or scarifer and the flat end goes over the top.
Search Terms:
T&E
Assaying
JMIC
Mining
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