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Pinson Bomb, by Manchester Machine and Instrument Manufacturing Co Ltd

Inventory Number 10481


Item type
Object
Physical material
Wood
Metal
Resin(?)
Plastic
Dimensions
Height: 165mm Width: 200mm Depth: 248mm Weight: 3800g
Inventory No
10481
Accession Number
1998-7

Description

Pressure container designed to deliver concentrated ether vapour to a mask, or to add to a gas flow. Consisting of a solid metal cylinder with a protruding knob and a lever to the side. In a dovetailed wooden case, fitted with a wooden mount.

?Invented 1921 by Kenneth Bernard Pinson (b.1890) and Stanley Rawson Wilson (1882-1927).

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