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History of Science Museum

Oxford Oxygen Inflator Mark IV

Inventory Number 10499


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.10499

Item type
Object
Provenance
Transferred from the Nuffield Department of Anaesthetics, John Radcliffe Hospital.
Physical material
Metal
Rubber
Glass
Dimensions
Height: 147mm Width: 274mm Depth: 363mm Weight: 4250g
Inventory No
10499
Accession Number
1998-7

Description

A disc shaped container with two gauges and a series of valves attached to a black and yellow rubber tube.

Similar in appearance to Stephenson apparatus.

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Used for oxygen.

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Invented in 1943.