DETECTOR TUBES & INSTRUCTIONS, In Box.
H1989.781.a-b
Former Kalgoorlie Mining Associates property. Black plastic box with allowance for 10 detector tubes. Box is serrated 3/4 from top, this creates a flip top lid There are instructions adhered to front of box, with serrations at same point as plastic box. Tubes contain yellow and white crystals and are calibrated over the white crystals in lost of fives & tens, 0-30. Over yellow crystals is " / CO 10/a" b. Instructions are in german, english and french. The English reads: "Test and Evaluation / Length of zone=degree of / concentration / after 1 stroke: / reading x 100=ppm". At top panel of box is "10 / a CO / Carbon Monoxide". Used to analyse "carbon monoxide (CO) in are or in industrial gases". There are no instructions for use, only the instructions to read the alterations in the crystals. The broken tube has changed colour.
Department:
History DepartmentCollection
| Accession Number: | H1989.781.a-b |
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| Accession Date: | 9 Aug 1989 |
Material
| Paper | a. plastic, glass, crystals, paper b. paper DIMENSIONS cm LN 14 WD 4.8 HT 2.4 a. LN 21.7 WD 20.9 b. |
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| Plastic/Synthetic/Polymer |
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| Paper/Paper |
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