burette
Date1900-1950
Inventory Number4825
ClassificationGlassware
Subject
Maker
American
?
Cultural Region
Dimensions63.4 x 4 x 1.4 cm (24 15/16 x 1 9/16 x 9/16 in.)
Material
DescriptionA glass tube with a white stripe running along its length with a dark blue stripe inside it. The tube is graduated in milliliters, with a scale from 0 to 40ml and a precision of 1/10cc. It is open with a lip at one end and narrows to a tapered tip at the other end, with a neck right before it. It has two small side necks, one at the bottom near the tip that is straight coming out perpendicular to the tube, and another near the top that makes a right angle downwards after coming perpendicularly out of the tube.
Signedunsigned
Inscribedmarked at top: T [and] Gr [and] IX
on side, script: Normal 20°C
FunctionTo dispense measured amounts of a liquid. Its tapered tip is for use with rubber tubing and pinchcock. The side tubes presumably are for adding other substances to the contents.
Distillation Products Industries
Date: circa 1940
Object number: 1998-1-0034
Todd Scientific Company
Date: 1955-1965
Object number: 1996-1-0396
