Lactoscope
notes: label: Description
content: A lactoscope measures the specific gravity, and thus the butterfat content, of milk. The inscription on the box of this example reads “Lactoscop (Milchprufer), Patent . . .” That on the glass cylinder reads “Lactoscopni Prof. Feser. . .” J. Feser, a professor at the Central Veterinary School in Munich, received German and British patents on the form in the late 1870s.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Cornell University
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.318273
label: catalog number
content: 318273
label: accession number
content: 231262
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lactoscope
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: cylinder 2: 9 3/4 in x 1 1/2 in; 24.765 cm x 3.81 cm
label: Measurements
content: box: 2 1/4 in x 11 1/4 in x 2 3/8 in; 5.715 cm x 28.575 cm x 6.0325 cm
label: Measurements
content: cylinder 1: 7 in x 1/2 in; 17.78 cm x 1.27 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/4 in x 11 3/8 in x 2 3/8 in; 5.715 cm x 28.8925 cm x 6.0325 cm