Dutch Color Standards: How the U.S. Taxed 18th-Century Sugar
Designed to determine where a sugar sample stood on the continuum from raw to refined, the Dutch Standards protected domestic refiners. More »
Deborah Warner is a curator in the Division of Medicine and Science at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History. She specializes in the history of science and technology, especially scientific instruments.
Designed to determine where a sugar sample stood on the continuum from raw to refined, the Dutch Standards protected domestic refiners. More »
The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History has 108 meters made in the U.S. between the 1890s and 1970s More »
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