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Ether Vaporizer for Boyles Machine

Inventory Number 10328


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.10328

Item type
Object
Makers
Coxeter
Provenance
From the Nuffield Department of Anaesthetics, John Radcliffe Hospital.
Physical material
Metal
Bakelite
Glass
Object type
Vaporizer
Dimensions
Diameter: 127mm Height: 229mm Weight: 1070g
Inventory No
10328
Accession Number
1998-7

Description

Vaporizer for Boyles machine, with Bakelite head, chained stopper, bypass lever with ON-OFF control, U-shaped vaporizer tubes. For ether. On glass section is a gradated scale and 'Ether', on Bakelite section written in white '164', on gold plaque 'Coxeter Pat No 331050 Regd Desn 837246 London'.