saccharimeter sample tube
Date1864-1900
Inventory Number2007-1-0501
ClassificationPolarimeter
Subject
Maker
Franz Schmidt & Haensch
1864-present
Cultural Region
Place of Origin
Dimensions3 × 3 × 11.1 cm (1 3/16 × 1 3/16 × 4 3/8 in.)
Material
DescriptionA hollow glass tube has corroded metal end caps with glass windows held down by pressure-fit collars.
Signedon glass tube: Franz Schmidt & Haensch / BERLIN, S.
Curatorial RemarksStyle of saccharimeter devised by Eilhard Mitscherlich around 1844.
