Manometer

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1947
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0812.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: home built
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Two clear glass tubes have faint blue cast [blue dyed contents- water- appear to have evaporated] mounted on opaque synthetic back piece which bears hand drawn calibration markings; top and bottom ends of tubes mounted in red synthetic blocks; red rubber tubing is fitted to upper end of manometer.

Dimensions

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

Length: 21.2 cm
Width: 1.8 cm
Height: 1.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Medical Technology
Category: Chemicals & medications
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Revell
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Presumably used c. 1947 +
Canada: Part of a large collection of medical artifacts, archival material & trade literature transferred to CSTM in 2002 from the former History of Medicine Museum, Toronto, ON.
Function: To demonstrate anaesthetic gases pressure.
Technical: Homemade manometer for demonstrating anaesthetic gases pressure in the circle system. The circulator provided 2-3 MM. water pressure on the inhalation side which assisted active inspiration and negligible resistance to expiration (which is passive, ie. without muscular effort]. One end rubber tube connected to anaesthetic circle." [Ref. 4]
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Calibrations etched in back piece: divisions 0-18, in increments of 2, are indicated by mark only; scale 20-140 divided in increments of 10 are labelled at intervals of 20.
Missing: Appears complete., save tube contents [water].
Finish: Two clear glass tubes have faint blue cast [blue dyed contents- water- appear to have evaporated] mounted on opaque synthetic backpiece which bears hand drawn calibration markings; top and bottom ends of tubes mounted in red synthetic blocks; red rubber tubing is fitted to upper end of manometer.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Manometer, 1947, Artifact no. 2002.0812, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0812.001/

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