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Thomas-Van Slyke Manometric Blood Gas Apparatus
- circa 1953
Black and white plastic instrument; main body is white and stands vertically; an aluminum pole is attached to each side parallel to the main body, the poles are attached to the main body in two places; the front of the…
- Manufacturer Arthur H. Thomas Company
- Subject Blood gases, Medicine, and Clinical chemistry
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"Omega" manual breast reliever with red bulb
Glass tube with a collecting reservoir that opens into a funnel (or breast piece). Round red rubber bulb attached to one end of the glass. Stamp in black ink on red bulb reads "Ingram's/'Omega'/London."
- Subject Glassware, Pediatric nursing, and Breast pumps
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Manual breast pump with black bulb
Glass tube with a collecting reservoir that opens into a funnel (or breast piece). Round black rubber pump attached to one end of the glass.
- Subject Glassware, Pediatric nursing, and Breast pumps
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The Glaxo Feeder 8oz nursing bottle in original box
- 1900 – 1930
A: Boat-shaped molded glass bottle. Embossed on one side of bottle are measurements in tablespoons; embossed on the other side of the bottle are measurements in ounces. Company name is embossed across top of bottle. …
- Manufacturer Glaxo Laboratories
- Subject Infants--Care and Glassware
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Free-blown glass breast pump
Long stem, round bottom flask with custom flange. Needle-size hole on opposite side of flange allows for release of pressure.
- Subject Glassware, Pediatric nursing, and Breast pumps
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Lumetron Photoelectric Colorimeter Model 400-A
- 1940s
Electric-powered meter with instructions housed in wooden box. Movable components within box: two (2) slide glass filters (1 with red, green, and blue slides; 1 with orange, green, and blue slides); one (1) encasing to…
- Manufacturer Photovolt Corporation
- Subject Photovolt Corporation and Colorimetry--Instruments
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Total immersion mercury thermometer
A: Bulb containing mercury attached to a glass tube of narrow diameter. Thermometer has Celsius scale with 20-30 degree range with major divisions every 1 degree and minor divisions every 0.1 degree.
B: Protective…
- Subject Thermometers and Temperature measurements
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Mercury thermometer
A: Bulb containing mercury attached to a glass tube of narrow diameter. Thermometer has Celsius scale with 0-100 degree range.
B: Protective cardboard tube for the thermometer (not digitized).
Partial immersion…
- Subject Thermometers and Temperature measurements
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Crystal puller
- circa 1964 – 1968
Used to create silicon ingots for use in the semiconductor industry, this crystal puller consists of two main parts, the furnace and the puller: the furnace is cylindrical and located at the bottom of the instrument, it…
- Creator Lorenzini, Robert E.
- Manufacturer Elmat
- Subject Silicon and Semiconductors
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Distillation still
Distillation is a method of separating chemical substances based on differences in their volatilities in a boiling liquid mixture. A distilled beverage is a liquid meant for consumption containing ethyl alcohol…
- Subject Distillation and Distillation apparatus
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Quartz Spectrograph
- circa 1924
A spectrograph is an instrument used to obtain and record a light spectrum—it splits the light from an object into its component wavelengths so that it can be analysed. The spectral lines of a chemical element is…
- Manufacturer Adam Hilger Ltd.
- Subject Optics, Spectrograph, and Adam Hilger Ltd.
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Beckman Model G Glass Electrode pH Meter
Self contained pH meter with wooden exterior; hinged lid opens to reveal meter face and inlaid paper instructions for use; the dial is calibrated from pH 0 to pH 13 in .1 pH divisions; porcelain enamel lined electrode…
- Manufacturer Beckman Instruments, inc.
- Subject Hydrogen-ion concentration--Measurement--Instruments, Beckman Instruments, inc., and Electrodes, Glass
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Compound Monocular Microscope
- 1880 – 1890
Black metal (iron) U-shaped base with cylindrical brass (plated) parts; two metal slide clips mounted to slide plate; rotatable eye piece lowered or raised by the adjustment of top right knob; circular mirror underneath…
- Manufacturer Maison Nachet & Fils (Paris)
- Subject Microscopes and Maison Nachet & Fils (Paris)
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Student microscope
- circa 1890
Small brass microscope likely dating from the last quarter of the 19th century; no maker's name or other identifying marks; rests on a circular stand; body of scope connected to base stand by a hinge that allows the…
- Subject Microscopes
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Cary Model 11MS Recording Spectrophotometer
- 1947 (Introduced)
- Manufacturer Applied Physics Corporation
- Subject Applied Physics Corporation, Spectrophotometer, and Varian, Inc.
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Quartz Spectrograph
- 1900 – 1925
A spectrograph is an instrument used to obtain and record a light spectrum—it splits the light from an object into its component wavelengths so that it can be analysed. The spectral lines of a chemical element is…
- Subject Optics and Spectrograph
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Beckman Helipot Potentiometer Model SA1400A
Black finished cylindrical casing with three copper electrodes in a line next to product inscription; nickel knob is raised above the cylinder; outer dial goes from 0-15 (but only three digits are visible through its…
- Manufacturer Beckman Instruments, inc.
- Subject Potentiometer, Electric apparatus and appliances, Beckman Instruments, inc., and Electricity
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Roman glass round bottom vase
- 1 – 200
Translucent green, glass round-bottomed vase with heavy rainbow luster throughout. Base of the vase is round and then attaches to a vertical tube in the center, top of the tube has an ornamental curved design that…
- Subject Glassware, Glass blowing and working, Glassware, Roman, and Glass
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Bausch & Lomb Spectroscope
Spectroscope is in the style of the original Bunsen-Kirchhoff design. Triangular glass prism sits on a round, brass dias and is held in place by a metal arm attached to the dias; prism is coated in black paint with only…
- Manufacturer Bausch & Lomb Optical Company
- Subject Bausch & Lomb Optical Company, Spectrometer, Spectroscope, and Spectrum analysis
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Bausch & Lomb Abbe Refractometer Serial No. 380
- 1919 – 1926
A: Refractometer
Instrument has round cast iron base; on the base is a rectangular glass mirror mounted to allow rotation; a single black pillar supports the prism alidade, the black cylindrical telescope viewer, and…- Manufacturer Bausch & Lomb Optical Company
- Subject Bausch & Lomb Optical Company, Optics, and Refractometers
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Oil-Immersion Microscope
- circa 1946
A: Microscope
Ernst Leitz oil-immersion microscope; instrument rests on wishbone-shaped base with a single beam extending from the center before splitting into two sections: an arm supporting the telescope and…- Manufacturer Ernst Leitz (Firm)
- Subject Microscopes and Ernst Leitz (Firm)
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Bausch & Lomb Duboscq Type Colorimeter
- 1940s
A: Cast iron base attached to a sloping cast iron upright supporting the reader, prisms, sample cups, plungers, and a mechanism for raising and lowering the sample cups; two metal knobs control the height of the sample…
- Manufacturer Bausch & Lomb Optical Company
- Subject Bausch & Lomb Optical Company and Colorimetry--Instruments
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Bausch & Lomb Abbe Refractometer
- circa 1937 – 1941
A: Refractometer
Instrument has round base with black finish; on the base is a double-sided circular glass mirror mounted to allow full rotation; a black pillar supports the prism alidade, the black brass cylindrical…- Manufacturer Bausch & Lomb Optical Company
- Subject Bausch & Lomb Optical Company, Optics, and Refractometers
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Bausch & Lomb Duboscq Type Colorimeter
A: Duboscq type colorimeter, biological, with electric illuminator. Hollow black cast iron base attached to a sloping cast iron upright supporting the reader, prisms, and sample cups; reader detaches with two metal…
- Manufacturer Bausch & Lomb Optical Company
- Subject Bausch & Lomb Optical Company and Colorimetry--Instruments
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Mortar
- circa 1890
Brass cup-shaped receptacle used when crushing or grinding ingredients. Side of receptacle has two handles. Grooves along top and bottom circumference.
- Subject Mortar and Laboratories--Equipment and supplies