saccharimeter sample tube
Date1850-1875
Inventory Number2007-1-0497
ClassificationPolarimeter
Subject
Maker
Louis Jules Duboscq
?
French, 1817 - 1886
Cultural Region
Place of Origin
Dimensions6.1 × 4.2 × 24.5 cm (2 3/8 × 1 5/8 × 9 5/8 in.)
Material
DescriptionA hollow brass tube has end caps with glass windows. The central section of the tube has a heavy brass saddle with a flat bottom. The tube has an opening above this saddle and a glass tube rises from the opening. The glass tube is broken off. Some of the sealing wax that held the glass tube and its base is exposed.
Signedunsigned
Louis Jules Duboscq
Date: circa 1875
Object number: 1997-1-1477a
Louis Jules Duboscq
Date: 1860-1880
Object number: 1996-1-0703b
