(a) A long, hollow cylindrical tube of blue cardboard that is closed at one end, over which fits the lid; the lid (b) is a shorter, hollow cylindrical tube of blue cardboard with a slightly wider diameter in order to fit snugly over the main tube; the urinometer (c) is a clear glass tube with a mer…
(a) A long, hollow cylindrical tube of blue cardboard that is closed at one end, over which fits the lid; the lid (b) is a shorter, hollow cylindrical tube of blue cardboard with a slightly wider diameter in order to fit snugly over the main tube; the urinometer (c) is a clear glass tube with a mercury-filled sealed bulb at one end; a hollow teardrop-shaped air chamber flares out from the sealed air chamber and terminates in a long, hollow tube containing a printed paper scale, which is graduated in increments of 10, from 0 to 60
Number Of Parts
3
Part Names
a - tube - Size: Length 14.9 cm x Diam. 2.5 cm
b - lid - Size: Length 5.0 cm x Diam. 2.7 cm
c - urinometer - Size: Length 13.0 cm x Diam. 2.0 cm
Provenance
Used either by Dr. C. H. Bird or by Dr. Godfrey Bird, of Gananoque, Ont.
Urinometer has a minute crack in bottom ampoule-shaped bulb; tube case shows some fading
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Book
Reference Comments
"Catalog of Laboratory Apparatus and Scientific Instruments, JC-141," by Central Scientific Company of Canada, copyright 1942, p. 661 (similar to item 43100)