Urinometer, 19th Century | |||||||||||
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| Inventory Number: | 70301 | ||||||||||
| Object Type: | Object | ||||||||||
| Accession Number: | 1950-15 | ||||||||||
| Brief Description: | Urinometer, glass with ivory scale and mercury weight. One side of scale engraved with divisions 0 to 60. Other side has divisions marked "W" [water], "H" [healthy], "S", and "Diabetes". The instrument is weighted with mercury and sealed with sealing wax. With green cylindrical case. | ||||||||||
| Primary Inscriptions: | "Diabetes S H W" printed on one side of ivory scale. | ||||||||||
| Provenance: | Purchaser Exchange. | ||||||||||
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| Material(s): |
Glass Ivory Mercury Sealing Wax | ||||||||||
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