General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

glass shell/ paper label/ lead?

Dimensions

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

Length

17.5 cm

Width

N/A

Height

N/A

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

2.0 cm

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Agriculture

Category

Research

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

Instrument used by Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Agriculture Canada. The lot with which this refractometer arrived contained tomato juice testing equipment, which was designed to pinpoint the colour of the juice based on benchmark colour charts. However, refractometers could be used to test a number of things, including, for instance, honey, grape juice, wine, and maple syrup.

Function

This artifact is misidentified as a thermometer. It is a hygrometer.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Black lettering on paper reads: "Specific Gravity Scale Temp 60 [degrees] F/ 9781 [green print]/ U.S.A. [red print]/ Scale from 1060 to 1000"/

Missing

N/A

Finish

Colourless, transparent glass/ stem has a white paper in it with the graduation markings/ grey shot

Decoration

N/A