2024-10-2 - Pasteur-Chamberland Water Filter

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2024-10-2 - Pasteur-Chamberland Water Filter

Ceramic water filter known as the Pasteur-Chamberland Filter, as engraved, patented by Charles Chamberland in 1884. It consists of a hollow ceramic jug, which would have contained the ceramic filter (missing), a lid (broken), metal tap, and side handles. Used to filter water and contain the spread of typhoid fever.

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Reference Number: MIMM/2024-10-2

Date: 1875-1925

Creator Name: Jonas Defries and Sons, Water filter and oil lamps manufacturer, 1856-

Copyright: Free to use under the terms of the Creative Commons Licence Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)

Credit Line: Royal College of Physicians of Ireland

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