Comparator
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- OBJECT TYPE
- Comparator/honey
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2009.0055.002
- MANUFACTURER
- TINTOMETER LTD.
- MODEL
- Lovibond 2000
- LOCATION
- Salisbury, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 2
- Total Parts
- 5
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- synthetic
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 10.0 cm
- Width
- 10.4 cm
- Height
- 7.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Agriculture
- Category
- Research
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- TINTOMETER
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Salisbury
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Instrument used by Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Agriculture Canada. The lot with which this refractometer arrived contained tomato juice testing equipment, which was designed to pinpoint the colour of the juice based on benchmark colour charts. However, refractometers could be used to test a number of things, including, for instance, honey, grape juice, wine, and maple syrup. - Function
-
Contains the sample and the glass filters together for colour matching. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- White print on top of comparator reads: "LOVIBOND 2000"/ Embossing on back: "MADE BY TINTOMETER LTD./ SALISBURY ENGLAND"/ Black and yellow label affixed to side reads: "[Canada logo]/ Agriculture Canada/ 175374"
- Missing
- Lighting unit
- Finish
- Black synthetic comparator instrument. Part that hold samples is removable and adjustable.
- Decoration
- N/A
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TINTOMETER LTD., Comparator, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 2009.0055, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2009.0055.002/
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