Weight, tonometer

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1990
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0210.005

MANUFACTURER: SKLAR
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 5
Total Parts: 7
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Metal weight

Dimensions

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Lexicon

Group: Medical Technology
Category: Instruments
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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: Unknown
Technical: 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

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Missing: N/A
Finish: Unknown
Decoration: N/A

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SKLAR, Weight, tonometer, circa 1990, Artifact no. 2002.0210, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2002.0210.005/

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