Three Late 19thC Etched Glass Apothecary Bottles For Sulphuric & Nitric Acids sub-Antiques Northwestern was founded when Emersen

Northwestern was founded when Emersen Bolen invented the match vending machine in 1909

It is a type of mercury salt with poisonous trace elements of arsenic used to treat syphilis amongst other ailments

but their use first became widespread in 19th century Vienna

The silk does have some tears (visible in the images)

and two brass tubes attached to cables through which the current flows

Three Late 19thC Etched Glass Apothecary Bottles For Sulphuric & Nitric Acids sub-Antiques Northwestern was founded when EmersenOrigin: English Period: Late Nineteenth Century Early Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1900 Height: 6 inches Base Diameter: 2. 75 inches The trio of clear glass squat apothecary bottles having frosted necks and original stoppers, all with frosted etched labels with thick ruled borders. The condition of the bottles is excellent aside from damage and loss to one stopper. The first vessel would have bore a concentrate nitrous acid: formerly