Tonometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SCHIOETZ
- DATE
- 1990
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.0210.001
- MANUFACTURER
- SKLAR
- MODEL
- 5
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 73-3753
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 7
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1-.6 METAL/.7 SYNTHETIC WITH PLASTIC INSERT, FOAM PADDING, METAL HARDWARE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 15.3 cm
- Width
- 10.3 cm
- Height
- 2.4 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Medical Technology
- Category
- Instruments
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- SKLAR
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
PART OF COLLECTION OF MR. JOSEF ELSENER; HE WAS SWISS BORN & TRAINED AS ARMOURER, EMIGRATED TO CANADA IN 1952 & BECAME BUSINESSMAN. HIS COLLECTION OF MORE THAN 1000 PIECES WAS FOCUSED ON FINELY MADE APPARATUS INCLUDING MACHINE TOOLS, SURVEYING EQUIPMENT, MEDICAL APPARATUS & SOME ELECTRICAL TEST & RADIO EQUIPMENT. - Function
-
INSTRUMENT USED TO MEASURE PRESSURE WITHIN EYE (INTROCULAR) & THUS MEASURE DISTORTION OF CORNEA WHICH AFFECTS VISUAL ACUITY & INDICATES EARLY SIGNS OF GLAUCOMA. - Technical
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SCHIOTZ DEVELOPED HIS VERSION OF TONOMETER BETWEEN 1905 & 1911; IT BECAME IMMEDIATED FAVOURITE & REMAINED SO TO END OF CENTURY & BEYOND. INTRA-OCULAR PRESSURE WASMEASURED BY DEPRESSION MADE ON ANESTHESIZED CORNEA MADE BY WEIGHTED SHAFT (REF. 2). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 INCISED LETTERING READING "SKLAR", "5", "73-3753", "U.S. PAT. 3266301"/.INCISED LETTERING READING:.2 "7.5",.3 "5.5",.4 "10",.5 "15"/.7 GOLD LETTERING ON EXTERIOR READS "A/ SKLAR/ PRODUCT [LOGO]" & "SCHIOETZ TONOMETER"
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- .1 METALLIC GREY, PLATED PARTS, BLUE SCALE/.2-.6 PLATED METAL/.7 TEXTURED BLUE EXTERIOR, WHITE INSERT, GREEN PADDING, BLACK RIBBON
- Decoration
- N/A
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SKLAR, Tonometer, circa 1990, Artifact no. 2002.0210, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2002.0210.001/
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