General Information

Serial #

002072365/ 1851

Part Number

1

Total Parts

3

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

plastic/ metal screws

Dimensions

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

Length

8.2 cm

Width

10.1 cm

Height

4.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Agriculture

Category

Research

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Berliner

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New York

City

Lake Luzerne

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

USDA licensed maple syrup color comparator.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Incised on face reads: "PERMGLAS tm USDA MAPLE SURYP COMPARATOR/ LIGHT AMBER/ DARK AMBER/ MEDIUM AMBER/ COLOR STD. EST. BY/ USDA-1982/ BERLI [Agriculture label affixed over print] S, INC./ PART #: F-BP00200 [Agriculture label affixed over print] TEL#: (518) 696-2478"/ Yellow and black label reads: "[maple leaf logo] Agriculture/ Canada/ 185172"/ Silver label affixed to side: "Fill tube with sirup to about 3[/]4" from top of tube. Insert at top of/ comparator and compare to the glass standards in good daylight or bright artificial light./ Serial No. 002072365"/

Missing

N/A

Finish

Black synthetic face with incised white print/ 4 disks of varying maple syrup colour/ Whitish synthetic back

Decoration

N/A