A Spatula is a flat, blunt, usually flexible instrument used for spreading plasters and for mixing ointments and masses. and to aid in mixing ingredients with a mortar and pestle. A Pharmacist using a Spatula usually involves the thorough mechanical mixing of the weighed bases on an ointment slab until a uniform preparation has been obtained. A metal spoon spatula used for mixing pastes in a pharmacy .pharmacy, medicines, ointments, mortar and pestle, pharmacy equipment. laboratories, moorabbin, bentleigh, cheltenham

PYREX is a brand that was introduced by Amory Houghton Sr. (1812-1882) founder of Corning Incorporated in 1915 for a line of clear, low-thermal-expansion borosilicate glass used for laboratory glassware and kitchenware. In 1879 Corning Incorporated developed a bulb-shaped glass encasement for Thomas Edison’s new incandescent lamp. Borosilicate glass was first made by German chemist and glass technologist Otto Schott, founder of Schott AG , Jena , Germany in 1893, 22 years before Corning Inc. produced the PYREX brand. Schott AG sold the product under the name "Duran.".. In 1908, Dr. Eugene Sullivan (1872 - 1962), Director of Research at Corning Glass Works, U.S.A., who had studied in Leipzig, Germany, developed Nonex, a borosilicate low-expansion glass. 1913 Jesse Littleton of Corning Inc. discovered the cooking potential of borosilicate glass by giving his wife a casserole dish made from a cut-down Nonex battery jar. Corning Inc. removed the lead from Nonex, and developed it as a consumer product and Pyrex made its public debut in 1915 during World War I, positioned as an American-produced alternative to the German ‘Duran’. 1952 ‘Corning ware’ ceramic glass was developed by Dr. S.D.Stookey. 1994 Corning received an Award for life- changing, life- enhancing technological inventions that enabled new industries, - lighting, television, optical communications. The PYREX line of highly durable cookware and laboratory glass products are still available today. It is now made of tempered glass.A pharmaceutical clear glass beaker with capacity 300mlPYREX 300pyrex, corning ware, corning incorporated, houghton amory snr, sullivan eugene, littleton jesse, schott otto, jena germany, corning america, glass manufacturers, laboratory glass, cooking, housework, kitchen equipment, pharmacy, moorabbin, bentleigh, cheltenham, fibe optics, television, hubble telescope

William Barber graduated from Melbourne Pharmacy College in 1952. He and his wife Marcia were married in 1956. Known to his friends as 'Bill', Barber was the pharmacist in Emerald from the 1950s until he and his wife retired to the Mornington Peninsula in 1990. He soon re-entered the workforce by taking the job of Drug Inspector for the Commonwealth Government until he retired again in 2000. William and Marcia Barber had four children. William Barber died in 2003. (Graham, Club History - One of our former members - Bill Barber).This photograph is socially significant because it depicts a well-known, long-time member of the Emerald local community. William Barber ran the Emerald pharmacy for over thirty years. This photograph is aesthetically significant because it depicts a style and aesthetic of attire and pharmaceutical equipment that is no longer commonplace.Black and white rectangular photograph. This photograph is of William Barber, who ran the Emerald Pharmacy from the 1950s until his retirement in 1990. He is dressed in a V-neck jumper, shirt and tie, holding up a piece of laboratory glassware. He is wearing glasses and has a wristwatch on his left wrist. He is standing in front of a shelved wall full of medicine jars and boxes. He is staring at the glassware rather than the camera.medicines, glassware, pharmacists