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Clover Portable Regulating Ether Inhaler

Inventory Number 10408


Item type
Object
Physical material
Metal
Copper Alloy
Object type
Inhaler
Dimensions
Diameter: 114mm Height: 110mm Weight: 333g
Inventory No
10408
Accession Number
1998-7

Description

Domed metal apparatus with an opening at the top and another on the side. There is a copper alloy tube attached to the bottom with a curved metal needle that points to numbers on the exterior. There are two sets of numbers from 0-3 with an 'F' in between the 3s.

Invented 1877 by Joseph Thomas Clover (1825-1882).