General Information

Serial #

11678

Part Number

1

Total Parts

6

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 FERROUS METAL BASE; BRASS? BODY; GLASS OPTICAL ELEMENTS, MIRROR/.2 GLASS/.3 CARDBOARD/.4 METAL COVER, GLASS TUBE, MERCURY/.5 CARDBOARD/.6 WOOD WITH METAL HARDWARE

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

21.7 cm

Width

17.1 cm

Height

37.6 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Chemistry

Category

Test-measurement equipment

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Zeiss

Country

German Democratic Republic

State/Province

Unknown

City

Jena

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

Unknown

Canada

INSTRUMENT USED BY HEALTH CANADA, DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT OF CANADA.

Function

INSTRUMENT USED TO DETERMINE REFRACTIVE INDICES OF SUBSTANCES; REFRACTIVE INDEX IS VALUABLE FACTOR IN DETERMINING STRENGTH & PURITY OF SOLUTIONS, PROPORTIONS OF MIXTURES OF TWO LIQUIDS, PERCENTAGE OF FOREIGN SUBSTANCES IN LIQUIDS ETC. IT COULD BE USED FOR TRANSPARENT LIQUIDS & SOLIDS, & DARK COLOURED LIQUIDS, OPAQUE & TRANSLUCENT PLASTICS.

Technical

REFRACTOMETER MADE BY GERMAN OPTICALINSTRUMENT MFR. ZEISS, OF TYPE USED EXTENSIVELY IN CHEMICAL & PHYSICAL LABORATORIES, AS WELL AS DISTILLING, SUGAR, DRUG, PAINT & OIL INDUSTRIES ETC.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 INCISED LETTERING ON TUBE READING "CARL ZEISS/ JENA/ Nr. 11678/ Germany"; INCISED WHITE SCALE MARKINGS & NUMBERS/.2 BLACK LETTERING READING "ND 1.5170"/.3 BLACK LETTERING READING "Justier-/ plattchen/ zum Abbe schen/ Refraktometer/ n/D=1.5170"/.4 INCISED "Germany" ON CASING/.5 BLACK LETTERING ON LABEL READS "LABORATORY APPARATUS/ ONE O to 75 [DEGREES] C. in 1 [DEGREES]/ No. 8627/ THERMOMETER/ Fine Thread/ ARTHUR H. THOMAS CO./ PHILADELPHIA, U.S.A."

Missing

UNKNOWN PARTS

Finish

.1 PAINTED GLOSSY BLACK WITH METALLIC GREY TUBE & PARTS, BRASS COLOURED & BLACK PAINTED PARTS/.2 TRANSLUCENT/.3 BUFF WITH RED BANDS AROUND SIDES/.4 METALLIC GREY CASING, COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT TUBE, WHITE SCALE/.5 BROWN CARDBOARD/.6 LIGHT BROWN STAINED * COATED WOOD, GOLD PAINTED HANDLE, METALLIC HARDWARE

Decoration

N/A