General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

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General Description

METAL INSTRUMENT (FERROUS & NON-FERROUS METAL) WITH WOOD PART/ METAL CASE WITH WOOD PLATFORM FOR TENSIOMETER/ WOOD CASES FOR EXTRA RINGS WITH PAPER LABELS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

27.5 cm

Width

5.5 cm

Height

33.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

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Diameter

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Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Chemistry

Category

Test-measurement equipment

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

CENCO

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Illinois

City

Chicago

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1948-1990 (INTERMITTENTLY)

Canada

RIDEAU FALLS LAB OF NRC CARRIED OUT APPLIED FOOD RESEARCH. THIS INSTRUMENT WAS USED FOR SEVERAL APPLICATIONS, INCLUDING MEASUREMENT OF MUSCLE FIBRE STRENGTH AS PART OF FOOD RESEARCH PROGRAM IN FOOD STORAGE.

Function

GENERALLY, INSTRUMENT FOR MEASURING SURFACE TENSION OF LIQUIDS OR LONGITUDINAL STRESS IN SOLID MATERIALS.

Technical

EXAMPLE OF TORSION SURFACE TENSION BALANCE EMPLOYING RING METHOD FOR SURFACE TENSION MEASUREMENT. RELIABLE RELATIVE & ABSOLUTE RESULTS WERE POSSIBLE WITH THIS INSTRUMENT, AGREEING WITHIN 0.25% TO THOSE OBTAINED BY CAPILLIARY RISE METHOD.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

INCISED LETTERING ON TENSIOMETER SCALE READS TRADE MARK/ CENCO/ REG. U.S. PAT. OFF." & "CENCO-DuNOUY TENSIOMETER/ PRECISION DIRECT READING/ CENTRAL SCIENTIFIC CO./ CHICAGO, U.S.A."/ LABEL ON RING CASES READ IN BLACK "Cenco. No. 70532/ RING/ For Cenco No. 70530 Tensiometer/ Mean Circumference 4.00 CM;/R/r 41.1/ cenco/ CENTRAL SCIENTIFIC COMPANY/ division of Cenco Instruments Corp./ MADE IN U.S.A."; "No. 70542 PLATINUM RING/ No. 70540 INTERFACIAL TENSIOMETER/ Mean Circumference 6.002 CM. R/r 52.8/ CENTRAL SCIENTIFIC CO./ DATE 1-9-48 INSPECTOR ??"; "No. 70532 RING/ For No. 70530 TENSIOMETER/ Mean Circumference 4.00 cm. =- 0.1%/ R/r 38.5 dark/ light'

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

BLACK WRINKLE FINISH ON FERROUS METAL PARTS OF TENSIOMETER, REMAINDER PLATED OR BRUSHED/ VARNISHED? WOOD/ CASE PAINTED MILITARY GREEN WITH BLACK ENAMEL PAINTED HANDLE & METALLIC HARDWARE

Decoration

N/A