General Information

Serial #

4190

Part Number

1

Total Parts

4

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL BASE, HINGES, CLASP/ GLASS BODY & PIPETTE/ WOODEN CASE/ ELASTISED TEXTILE BAND PIPETTE HOLDER

Dimensions

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

Length

28.0 cm

Width

7.0 cm

Height

6.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Agriculture

Category

Research

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

GREINER

Country

Federal Republic of Germany

State/Province

Unknown

City

Munich

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

Unknown

Canada

EARLY TYPE MILK TESTER

Function

LACTOSCOPES INDICATE PERCENTAGE OF BUTTERFAT IN MILK

Technical

ONE OF THE EARLY METHODS OF ESTIMATING BUTTERFAT CONTENTIN MILK

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

WRITTEN ON SIDE OF LACTOSCOPE BODY 'Prof. Feser's Patent Lactoscope- No' [EACH LACTOSCOPE HAS A DIFFERENT SERIAL NO AS FOLLOWS].1 '4190',.2'4169',.3 '4192',.4 '4186',/ 'Sole manuf by John. Greiner, Munich.'/ GRADUATED NUMBERS RUN LENGTH OF BODY READING FROM 20 THROUGH 110CC WHICH INDICATE WATER CONTENT/ OPPOSITE WATER CONTENT NUMBERS ARE FAT PERCENTAGE NUMBERS WHICH RUN BY HALVES FROM 1% THROUGH 5 1/2%/ ALL NUMBERS & MARKS ON BODYARE PAINTED ON/ THE NUMBER '4' IS PAINTED ON THE PIPETTE/ PASTED ON TOP OF INSIDE OF CASE ARE INSTRUCTIONS TITLED 'Professor Feser's Patent Lactoscope'

Missing

PIPETTE & ONE SIDE OF CASE IS MISSING FROM .4

Finish

OUTSIDE OF WOODEN CASE IS FINISHED WITH DARK VARNISH, INSIDE IS UNFINISHED/ METAL AT BASE OF LACTOSCOPE IS PLAIN METAL FINISH

Decoration

N/A