General
General
Object Auto ID
88393
Alternate Codes
Equipment and Tools
Common Name
Urinometers
Classified Name
MEDICAL & PSYCHOLOGICAL T&E
Quantity
1.00
Object Description

12 urinometers and 3 cylinders in wooden stand. These instruments are hydrometers, used for the determination of the specific gravity of urine. The "water balance" experiment, c. 1920, demostrating the renal mechanism in the control of water balance, employed the use of urinometer. Material: Glass. Colour: Clear, c. 1920.

Provenance

Donor: Dept Medical Biochemistry, UCT Medical School

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History
Object Age Comment
c. 1920
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