Tester, milk
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- OBJECT TYPE
- BUTTERFAT TESTER
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1979.0237.001
- MANUFACTURER
- GREINER, JOHN
- MODEL
- PROFESSOR FESER'S PATENT LACTOSCOPE
- LOCATION
- Munich, Federal Republic of Germany
More Information
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
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GREINER, JOHN, Tester, milk, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1979.0237, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1979.0237.001/
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