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Carbonate of Lime, from the celebrated Carlsbad Springs in Germany (watering place)

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

September 22, 1818

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 94

Additional Source Text:

The donor was "of Nasarah [Nazareth]."

Notes:

Carbonate of lime is calcium carbonate. Karlovy Vary in the Czech Republic (formerly Karlsbad, or Carlsbad) is the site of numerous hot springs.

The Rev. John Christian Beckler, a Moravian minister (and later bishop), was principal of Nazareth Hall, a Moravian boarding school for boys in Nazareth, Pa., from 1818-1822 / https://www.jstor.org/stable/41179752 (pp. 12-13)