General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

5

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

synthetic disk with glass filters

Dimensions

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

Length

1.0 cm

Width

8.5 cm

Height

N/A

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Agriculture

Category

Research

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

TINTOMETER

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

City

Salisbury

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

Unknown

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Black embossing reads: "LOVIBOND/ TINTOMETER/ SALISBURY/ MADE IN ENGLAND"/ White label with black print reads: "HONEY"/ White labels with handwritten print reads: "P. FUND/ EQUIV"/ "10 mm/ CELL"/ "29/ 778-0"/ White labels on other side reads: "8/ 13/ 30/ 50/ 85/ 114"/

Missing

Lighting unit

Finish

Black synthetic colour grading disk with a series of glass filters. Colours of disks are graded to give direct colour values for honey.

Decoration

N/A