Clear glass tube; hollow; with two bends in bottom portion; bottom closed; bulbous flare towards centre; etched with temperature gradients through mid-section; bulbous portion etched with maker's brand name, etc.; black velvet-lined case; silver clasps; gold embossed to case top; maker location paiā¦
Face of stalagmometer reads: Prof. F. Traube's // Stalagmometer // Tropfz F. Wasser
= 19,14 // 20° C. // AHT Co. // Germany; embossed to case top: Professor
Traube's // Stalagmometer; written on case bottom: MADE IN GERMANY
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-F6-1
Condition Remarks
overall condition good
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Person
JPG
Reference Comments
Dr. Wally Breck; Dr. Robert C. Wheeler; CD #6
Research Facts
This entire collection would have been used in training medical students; but this isn't done much anymore; pre-medical students went out before 1970; prior to this there were several required chemistry courses for those in pre-med; this instrument
would have been used to measure the viscosity of liquids (how quickly they move)