Wooden bacteriological test case

Made:
1901-1930 in London
Wooden bacteriological test case

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Wooden bacteriological test case, by William Martindale, 10 New Cavendish Street, London, England, 1901-1930.

Details

Category:
Laboratory Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A500624
Materials:
case, wood and handle, leather
Measurements:
closed: height 155 mm
width 265 mm
closed: length 170 mm
open: height 292 mm
open: length 305 mm
type:
test cases

Parts

2 glass funnels with rubber rings around necks

2 glass funnels with rubber rings around necks

2 glass funnels with rubber rings around necks

Measurements:
height 47 mm
neck: diameter 23 mm
end: diameter 5 mm
Materials:
funnel, glass and ring, rubber
Object Number:
A500624 Pt1
type:
funnels
Four rectangular blue-green glass bottles with angular shoulders

Four rectangular blue-green glass bottles with angular shoulders

Four rectangular blue-green glass bottles with angular shoulders, cylindrical necks, lips, empty

Measurements:
height 88 mm
width 27 mm
length 28 mm
Materials:
glass
Object Number:
A500624 Pt2
type:
bottles
Six rectangular blue-green bottles

Six rectangular blue-green bottles

Six rectangular blue-green bottles, angular shoulders, cylindrical necks, lids and ground glass stoppers with square flat thumb-grips, empty

Measurements:
with stopper: height 99 mm
width 26 mm
length 27 mm
Materials:
glass
Object Number:
A500624 Pt3
type:
bottles
Cylindrical glass bottle

Cylindrical glass bottle

Cylindrical glass bottle, wide neck, rubber bung pierced by glass applicator tube, drawn out at end, empty

Measurements:
height 52 mm
diameter 25 mm
applicator: length 82 mm
Materials:
bottle, glass and bung, rubber
Object Number:
A500624 Pt4
type:
bottles
Cylindrical bottle

Cylindrical bottle

Cylindrical bottle, ground glass neck, stopper with applicator attached and square flat thumb grip empty

Measurements:
height 65 mm
diameter 29 mm
dropper: length 60 mm
Materials:
glass
Object Number:
A500624 Pt5
type:
dropper bottles
Squat cylindrical bottle with wide neck

Squat cylindrical bottle with wide neck

Squat cylindrical bottle with wide neck, ground glass stopper with flat square thumb grip, empty

Measurements:
height 65 mm
diameter 32 mm
Materials:
glass
Object Number:
A500624 Pt6
type:
bottles
Three watch glasses

Three watch glasses

Three watch glasses, concave with flattened bottoms

Measurements:
height 7 mm
diameter 48 mm
Materials:
glass
Object Number:
A500624 Pt7
type:
watch glasses
Squat cylindrical bottle with wide ground neck and large ground bulbous top

Squat cylindrical bottle with wide ground neck and large ground bulbous top

Squat cylindrical bottle with wide ground neck and large ground bulbous top, fitting over mouth of bottle

Measurements:
height 70 mm
bottle: diameter 30 mm
top: diameter 30 mm
Materials:
glass
Object Number:
A500624 Pt8
type:
bottles
Rectangular burner

Rectangular burner

Rectangular burner, circular aperture in top through which protrudes wick, screw on cover for wick

Measurements:
height 37 mm
width 65 mm
length 28 mm
Materials:
burner, metal and wick, wool
Object Number:
A500624 Pt9
type:
spirit burners
Six pipettes with bulbous ruddles

Six pipettes with bulbous ruddles

Six pipettes with bulbous ruddles, each end drawn out and sealed in flame

Measurements:
length 208 mm
bulb: diameter 10 mm
Materials:
glass
Object Number:
A500624 Pt10
type:
sterile pipettes
Graduated test tube with pouring tip at top

Graduated test tube with pouring tip at top

Graduated test tube with pouring tip at top

Measurements:
height 120 mm
diameter 15 mm
ccs: volume 10
Materials:
glass
Object Number:
A500624 Pt11
type:
graduated test tubes
Wooden case for bacteriological test outfit

Wooden case for bacteriological test outfit

Wooden case for bacteriological test outfit, by William Martindale, 10 New Cavendish Street, London, England, 1901-1930.

Measurements:
closed: height 155 mm
width 265 mm
closed: length 170 mm
open: height 292 mm
open: length 305 mm
Materials:
leather and wood (unidentified)
Object Number:
A500624 Pt12
type:
case

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