Falling Drop Densiometer

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Object Details

maker

LaMotte Chemical Products Company

Description

The Falling Drop Densiometer was designed “for determining Blood Proteins and Specific Gravity of Body Fluids.” An inscription on this example reads “LAMOTTE CHEMICAL PRODUCTS CO / BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.”

Ref: LaMotte ad in Science 91 (March 8, 1940): 4.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of the City of New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

date made

ca 1941

ID Number

2017.0184.021.1

catalog number

2017.0184.021.1

accession number

2017.0184

Object Name

densiometer

public health

Physical Description

metal (overall material)

plastic (overall material)

wood (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 54 cm x 25 cm x 28 cm; 21 1/4 in x 9 27/32 in x 11 1/32 in

place made

United States: Maryland, Towson

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Medicine and Science: Medicine

The Antibody Initiative

Health & Medicine

Antibody Initiative: Diagnostics

Antibody Initiative: New York City Public Health Collections

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-757b-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_722500