Falling Drop Densiometer

National Museum of American History

Object Details

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
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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Record ID
nmah_722500
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-757b-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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