Microscope with wooden case from the early 20th century made by Otto Seibert in Wetzlar.
Scale without analytical precision from the end of the 19th century, used for quality assurance in the laboratory.
Device for measuring the negative pressure in laboratory apparatus. Accurate determination of the negative pressure made it possible to reduce the boiling point and thus save energy.
Cork pricker made of solid, silver-colored chrome steel. This device was used to produce corks of various sizes, which were used as closures for glass containers in the laboratories.
Analytical laboratory scale from the 1950s. It was revised annually and was in use at Sandoz until 1981.
Typical production scale used in the manufacture of dyes. It is purely mechanical and originates from the scale factory of Max Keller in Zurich.
Mercury vapor lamp by Thomas Alva Edison for lighting production halls. The lamp from 1910 is marked with handwritten engravings. The material of the luminous filaments is tungsten.
A so-called master seat. The versatile wooden stool was made in the Basel Chemical Industry’s own carpentry workshops.
Dye recipe book of a laboratory chemist with samples and handwritten notes on the production and properties of various dye groups.
Ceramic ball mill for grinding lumps of dye. The grinder was clamped in an apparatus, and as it rotated, the ceramic balls in the container pulverized the coarse lumps of dye.
Accounting machine made of copper with rich decorations. It was in operation from 1887 to 1920 as a control computer for wages and was controlled by a punch card system.
BASF sample book with aniline dyeings in various degrees of strength and on different materials, which served to monitor the competition.
