Seven glass micropipettes used by Dr Gerard Wyatt at the Molteno Institute in Cambridge in 1950

Made:
circa 1950 in Cambridge

Seven glass micropipettes used by Dr Gerard Wyatt at the Molteno Institute in Cambridge in 1950. They were used in applying samples of DNA hydrolysates to filter paper for chromatographic analysis. Calibrated from 4.4 to 11.9 microlitres. One is a simple constriction pipette, whilst the others are of the type where the fluid fills by capillarity to an internal micro-orifice. With rubber tube for emptying.

Details

Category:
Biochemistry
Object Number:
2006-25
Materials:
glass and rubber
type:
pipette
credit:
Wyatt, Gerard