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Boyle Anaesthetic Machine, by Coxeter, London, c. 1940

Inventory Number 10514


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.10514

Item type
Object
Makers
Coxeter
Provenance
Transferred from the Nuffield Department of Anaesthetics, John Radcliffe Hospital in 1998.
Dimensions
Height: 241mm Width: 298mm Depth: 168mm Weight: 3900g
Inventory No
10514
Accession Number
1998-7

Description

Boyle machine head with dry bobbin flowmeters for oxygen, carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide and two vaporizers with plungers, safety fillers and bypass levers: brown glass bottle labelled "Ether" and green glass bottle labelled "Chloroform" (both bottles also have volume scales printed on them). Used for oxygen, carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, ether and chloroform.