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alcohol burner
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact2528
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV971.157.35
- Description
- Clear glass alcohol burner or spirit lamp, with glass lid/snuffer and wick. Lid has some brown burn discolouration. No contents. Label on bottom "W. BOOTE / & SONS LTD. / E 06283".
- Category
- 05.Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Marks/Labels
- Label on bottom of burner reads: "W. BOOTE / & SONS LTD. / E 06283"
- Measurements
- Approx. H: 10 cm (with lid) x W: 9 cm ( widest part of burner)
- Record Type
- Artifact
Images
alcohol burner
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact8884
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.1331.1
- Description
- Clear glass alcohol burner or spirit lamp, with glass lid/snuffer and wick. Metal wick support has some green discolouration. No contents.
- Reference
- https://www.mccrone.com/mm/how-to-makemodify-and-use-an-alcohol-lamp/
- Category
- 05.Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Marks/Labels
- No label or visible markings
- Measurements
- approx: Dia.: 2.5 cm x H: 7 cm
- Record Type
- Artifact
Images
atomizer bulb set with box
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact20898
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV976.14.49
- Description
- Black rubber atomizer bulb with rectangular maroon-coloured cardboard box. Box has flap closures at both ends with identical commercial paper labels indicating contents as: "De Vilbiss / No. 1 / [graphic of product] / THE DeVILBISS MFG. CO., LIMITED / WINDSOR, ONTARIO / Bulb Set". One of the lid labels has "LM/50" written in pencil on the left-hand side.
- Category
- 05.Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Marks/Labels
- Lids on both ends have identical commercial paper label indicating contents as "De Vilbiss / No. 1 / [graphic of product] / THE DeVILBISS MFG. CO., LIMITED / WINDSOR, ONTARIO / Bulb Set". One of the lid labels has "LM/50" written in pencil on the left-hand side.
- Measurements
- Atomizer; bulb only: 7.5 cm length x 4.5 cm diameter Total Atomizer length, including hose 16.5 cm Box: 5 cm width x 16.5 cm length
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Site/City Made
- Windsor
- Record Type
- Artifact
![Aventis Biotech Challenge at BCIT, [2001] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2264.jpg?width=280)
Aventis Biotech Challenge at BCIT
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivephoto96642
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of high school student Sophie Lee holding up a slug balanced on a test tube during the Aventis Biotech Challenge at the British Columbia Institute of Technology.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2264
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of high school student Sophie Lee holding up a slug balanced on a test tube during the Aventis Biotech Challenge at the British Columbia Institute of Technology.
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in an April 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Sophie Lee, a student at Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School in Vancouver, keeps her eyes on a slug balanced on a test tube of slug slime. Sophie and her lab partner, Iris Liu, were studying the sticky properties of slug slime for the Aventis Biotech Challenge, at BCIT. The Challenge is held to generate interest in biotechnology amongst budding scientists from area high schools, who work on their projects under the guidance of expert biotechnologists."
- Geographic Access
- Burnaby - 3700 Willingdon Avenue
- Burnaby - Willingdon Avenue
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
Images
![Aventis Biotech Challenge at BCIT, [2001] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2264.jpg)
bag of corks
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact1328
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV971.37.106
- Description
- Beige, flour sack-type cloth bag filled with unused corks. Open at top. Stitching along sides. Some stains on cloth.
- Object History
- This item originates from the Central Park Pharmacy in Burnaby.
- Category
- 05.Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Marks/Labels
- no label found
- Name Access
- Central Park Pharmacy
- Geographic Access
- Burnaby - Central Park
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
- Record Type
- Artifact
Images
ball of string
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact24945
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.1443
- Description
- Ball of string, looks like natural fibres, tan in color with some green discoloration. Most likely mechanically rolled. Artifact is first item on left in photograph.
- Object History
- This item originates from the Chinese Herbalist Store "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Victoria B.C.
- Category
- 05.Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Measurements
- 7cm height x 7cm width
- Name Access
- Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Company
- Geographic Access
- British Columbia - Victoria
- Record Type
- Artifact
Images
bamboo
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact24554
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.1050
- Description
- Piece of bamboo in dark brown colour. Split on one side.
- Object History
- This item originates from the Chinese Herbalist Store "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Company", Victoria, B.C.
- Category
- 05.Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Marks/Labels
- No labels attached to item
- Measurements
- 18cm height x 7 cm width
- Name Access
- Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Company
- Geographic Access
- British Columbia - Victoria
- Record Type
- Artifact
Images
![BaroMedical Hyperbaric Oxygen Clinic, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-1674-2.jpg?width=280)
BaroMedical Hyperbaric Oxygen Clinic
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivephoto95874
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of technicians demonstrating hyperbaric chambers at BaroMedical Hyperbaric Oxygen Clinic.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-1674
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of technicians demonstrating hyperbaric chambers at BaroMedical Hyperbaric Oxygen Clinic.
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a November 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-1674-1: "Svejtlana Ruzic, a hyperbaric technician at BaroMedical, in one of the the clinic's freestanding hyperbaric chambers."
- Caption from metadata for 535-1674-2: "Dijana Horgas and Svjetlana Ruzic, hyperbaric technicians at BaroMedical, demonstrate how technicians are able to communicate with the patient while the patient is undergoing treatment in a hyperbaric chamber."
- Geographic Access
- Burnaby - 7850 6th Street
- Burnaby - 6th Street
- Planning Study Area
- Second Street Area
Images
![BaroMedical Hyperbaric Oxygen Clinic, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-1674-2.jpg)
barometer
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact90178
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV019.8.16
- Description
- barometer; aneroid barometer secured to a carved wood plaque; barometer has a calibrated dial to indicate air pressure; text on dial reads: "VERY DRY", "FAIR", "CHANGE", "RAIN", and "STORMY"; flat metal loop at top of wood plaque for hanging. Dark stained carved wood decorative scroll with finial; has detached from base plaque.
- Object History
- Object used in the Love Farmhouse, currently on site at Burnaby Village Museum.
- Category
- 05.Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology
- Name Access
- Parker, Albert "Bert"
- Parker, Elsie Roberta
- Geographic Access
- Burnaby - 7651 Cumberland Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Cariboo-Armstrong Area
- Record Type
- Artifact
Images
![Battle Bot, [2004] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2050.jpg?width=280)
Battle Bot
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivephoto96380
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2004]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Cariboo Hill Secondary School students Mike Johnson, Tim Jackson, and Terry Lim posing with the "Battle Bot" robot they built as part of a competitive physics project.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2004]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2050
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Cariboo Hill Secondary School students Mike Johnson, Tim Jackson, and Terry Lim posing with the "Battle Bot" robot they built as part of a competitive physics project.
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a February 2004 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Mike Johnson, Tim Jackson and Terry Lim made it to the finals with the battle-bot they built as a "competitive physics" project at Cariboo Hill Secondary School."
- Geographic Access
- Burnaby - 8580 16th Avenue
- Burnaby - 16th Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Cariboo-Armstrong Area
Images
![Battle Bot, [2004] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2050.jpg)
beaker
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact21144
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV976.33.1
- Description
- beaker; small, clear glass laboratory beaker with pedestal base and pouring spout.
- Category
- 05.Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology
- Classification
- Chemical T&E - - Labware
- Measurements
- Approx. H: 5.8 cm
- Record Type
- Artifact
Images
bin
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact24711
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.1208
- Description
- Tin, has Chinese characters on it
- Object History
- This item originates from the Chinese Herbalist Store "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Victoria B.C.
- Category
- 05.Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Measurements
- 25cm height x 17cm width x 15cm depth
- Name Access
- Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Company
- Geographic Access
- British Columbia - Victoria
- Record Type
- Artifact
Images
bin
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact24713
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.1210
- Description
- Rectangular metal container with two small D shaped handles welded on opposite sides of the rim. Orange paper label has three handwritten Chinese characters.
- Object History
- This item originates from the Chinese Herbalist Store "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Victoria B.C.
- Category
- 05.Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Marks/Labels
- Chinese characters on label, which literally translate to mean "ground" "ripe grain" "root". When adjusted for English translation, "Root of Twelve stamen Melastoma Dodecandrum Lour". Uses in Chinese medicine: Bitter, slightly sweet, neutral. For liver, spleen and lung meridians. Action: Promote blood circulation, stop bleeding, eliminate dampness and remove toxicity. Indications: Scrofula, toothache, dysentery, leucorrhea, uterine bleeding, abdominal pain after delivery, dysmenorrhea."
- Measurements
- 25cm height x 17cm width x 15cm depth
- Name Access
- Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Company
- Geographic Access
- British Columbia - Victoria
- Record Type
- Artifact
Images
bin
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact24714
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.1211
- Description
- Cube-shaped silver-coloured bin. Badly damaged paper label featuring Chinese characters on the front. Well used. One handle at top. One metal groove down the front.
- Object History
- This item originates from the Chinese Herbalist Store "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Victoria B.C.
- Category
- 05.Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Marks/Labels
- Chinese characters on bin translate to the herb "Spanish Needles" which is extensively used to treat bacterial Infections.
- Measurements
- 22 cm height x 15 cm width
- Name Access
- Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Company
- Geographic Access
- British Columbia - Victoria
- Record Type
- Artifact
Images
bin
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact24716
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.1213
- Description
- Cube-shaped, silver-coloured bin. Badly damaged paper label featuring Chinese characters on the front. Well used. Two handles at top. Two metal grooves down the front.
- Object History
- This item originates from the Chinese Herbalist Store "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Victoria B.C.
- Category
- 05.Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Marks/Labels
- Chinese characters present (indistinguishable)
- Measurements
- 22 cm height x 15 cm width
- Name Access
- Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Company
- Geographic Access
- British Columbia - Victoria
- Record Type
- Artifact
Images
bin
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact24719
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.1216
- Description
- Rectangular-shaped, silver-coloured bin. Substantial rust damage. Only one of two metal handles are remaining. Brown paper label featuring 2 hand painted Chinese characters.
- Object History
- This item originates from the Chinese Herbalist Store "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Victoria B.C.
- Category
- 05.Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Marks/Labels
- Word for word translation of Chinese characters is as follows: ashen or gray, method. This has been altered for English comprehension to "Atractylodes Rhizome". Known as Atractylodes Rhizome, is it is the rhizome of Atractylodes lancea (Thunb.) DC or A. chinensis (DC.) Koidz. It is harvested int he spring and autumn. It is pungent, bitter, and warm, and enters the spleen, lung, and liver meridians. It dries dampness and invigorates spleen, and dispels wind-dampness. It is indicated 1) the syndrome of damp obstruction (dispels damp-turbidity, harmonizes spleen and stomach by invigorating spleen); 2) wind-damp arthralgia.
- Measurements
- 24 cm height x 16 cm length x 14 cm width
- Name Access
- Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Company
- Geographic Access
- British Columbia - Victoria
- Record Type
- Artifact
Images
bin
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact24720
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.1217
- Description
- Rectangular-shaped, silver-coloured bin. Appears well used. Rusty. Brown paper label featuring 3 hand painted Chinese characters.
- Object History
- This item originates from the Chinese Herbalist Store "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Victoria B.C.
- Category
- 05.Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Marks/Labels
- Chinese characters present
- Measurements
- 22 cm height x 15 cm length x 13 cm width
- Name Access
- Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Company
- Geographic Access
- British Columbia - Victoria
- Record Type
- Artifact
Images
bin
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact24722
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.1220
- Description
- Rectangular metal container. Orange paper label has three handwritten Chinese characters.
- Object History
- This item originates from the Chinese Herbalist Store "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Victoria B.C.
- Category
- 05.Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Marks/Labels
- Chinese characters on label, which literally translate to "mountain, hill" "thatched(hut) roof", "puncture vine" "a surname" and "mushroom". English translation is "Pseudobulb of Appendiculate Cremastra". Uses in Chinese medicine: Pseudobulb of Appendiculate Cremastra is normally found on the mountains or the humid area around the trees. For example, it could found in Shanxi, Shanxi and Gansu. It has the effect of clearing away heat and toxic materials from your body and reducing swelling. It helps with sore throat and dispel toxic gas induced by insects and snake bite.
- Measurements
- 25cm height x 17cm width x 15cm depth
- Name Access
- Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Company
- Geographic Access
- British Columbia - Victoria
- Record Type
- Artifact
Images
bin
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact24723
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.1221
- Description
- Rectangular-shaped, silver-coloured bin. Rusty, Dented on the side. Small metal handle either side. Large brown paper label featuring hand painted Chinese characters.
- Object History
- This item originates from the Chinese Herbalist Store "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Victoria B.C.
- Category
- 05.Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Marks/Labels
- Word for word translation of Chinese characters is as follows: [surname]; wood; sappan wood. When adjusted for English comprehension, label means "Sappan Wood". Sappan Wood comes from the trunk of Caesalpinia sappan. Tastes sweet, salty, and hot. Prescribed for heart and liver meridian and to promote circulation of blood, restore menstrual flow, and for healing, to treat Injuries, bruises, fracture, stasis pain, blood stasis, sore, infections, etc.
- Measurements
- 24 cm height x 16 cm length x 14 cm width
- Name Access
- Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Company
- Geographic Access
- British Columbia - Victoria
- Record Type
- Artifact
Images
bin
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact24725
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.1223
- Description
- Rectangular-shaped, silver-coloured bin. Small metal handle either side. Brown paper label featuring hand painted Chinese characters.
- Object History
- This item originates from the Chinese Herbalist Store "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Victoria B.C.
- Category
- 05.Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Measurements
- 24 cm height x 16 cm length x 14 cm width
- Name Access
- Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Company
- Geographic Access
- British Columbia - Victoria
- Record Type
- Artifact
Images
