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Comparator, by Lovibond, Salisbury, 1950s

Inventory Number 43833


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.43833

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by Dr P.M.T. Beckett.
Primary inscriptions
"ALL PURPOSE LOVIBOND COMPARATOR// SOLE MAKERS/ THE TINTOMETER LTD./ SALISBURY, ENGLAND".
Dimensions
Height: 100mm Width: 102mm Depth: 81mm Weight: 668g
Inventory No
43833
Accession Number
1994-25/1-3

Description

Lovibond comparator or tintometer by The Tintometer Ltd., Salisbury, ? 1950s, marked 'All Purposes Lovibond Comparator', together with 2 alternative discs in original card boxes by the same maker; used in the former Department of Agricultural Science. Comparator disc and attachment inside object. Paper note with information about the object and provenance.