| Reference Number | MIMM/1942-2-7 |
| Title | Urinometer and Jar in Case |
| Date | 1875-1925 |
| Creator Name | Yeates and Son; 1832-1922; mathematical instrument maker and optician |
| Description | The rectangular leather case contains a thermometer and a glass jar. The thermometer is made of glass, features a scale in black ink, marked from 30 to 120 in intervals of 10. It has a metal tip and a glass loop at the opposite end for safer retrieval after insertion into the cylinder, as it was likely used to measure the themperature of a liquid inside the jar. The side opposite the scale is painted white, with the manufacturer’s mark present on the body of the urinometer. |
| Extent | 1 item |
| Dimensions | Test jar: 93mm x 22mm x 22mm |
| Thermometer: 87mm x 5mm x 5mm |
| Case: 113mm x 38mm x 30mm |
| Digital Collections | View online in our digital collections |
| Copyright | Free to use under the terms of the Creative Commons Licence Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) |
| Credit Line | Royal College of Physicians of Ireland |
| Object Name | Urine Testing Jar |
| Urinometer |
| Term | Clinical Laboratory Techniques -- Instrumentation |
| Diagnostic Techniques, Urological |
| Weight and Measures -- Instrumentation |