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Kymograph, by C.F. Palmer, London, Early 20th Century

Inventory Number 79070

Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.79070

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by the University of Reading in 1970, per M.G. Hardy. Used in the Zoology Department of the University of Reading until 1969.
Dimensions
Height: 528mm Width: 270mm Depth: 205mm Weight: 13.4kg
Inventory No
79070
Accession Number
1970-18

Description

A kymograph used for recording pressure in blood by tracing a line over a rotating drum.  Has a green-painted base with two large screws, connected to a patterned, gold-painted body and a green-painted top.  There are two Iron projections from the top.  Attached to the gold-painted body is three wires individually wrapped and then wrapped together in rubber.

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