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Accessories Kit for Hardometer by Firth Brown Tools Ltd, Sheffield, 20th Century

Inventory Number 11298

Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.11298

Item type
Object
Primary inscriptions
On case "FIRTH BROWN TOOLS LTD. SHEFFIELD/ "HARDOMETER" / HARDNESS TESTING MACHINE / BRITISH PATENTS NOS. 280, 292, & 368, 038. / ACCESSORIES "
Dimensions
Height: 34mm Width: 148mm Depth: 80mm Weight: 0.35kg
Inventory No
11298

Description

"Accessories kit for Hardometer in side matching wooden case. Including pointed flat metal part, rectangular flat metal part, 2 small metal cone shaped parts, 2 metal dome shaped parts, green and yellow screw top capsule with metal part inside, glass vessel with ball bearings inside and 2 loose ball bearings. Empty spaces for 3 additional parts.

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