Urinometer

Object Name:

Urinometer

Object ID:

1992.063.186

Creator:

Will Corporation

Place of Origin:

Rochester, NY

Date:

circa 1960

Description:

Urinometer. Includes glass cylinder, graduated glass tube (hydrometer), instructions, and box.
A. Glass cylinder with pouring spout. Four indentations on sides. Unmarked. 5.25" high, 1.5" diam.
C. Glass tube. Two sections of different diameters. Upper section 0.15" diam., 2.25" long; graduated from 1.00 to 1.06; marked "SQUIBBS URINOMETER 60� FAHR." Lower section 0.6" diam., 2.3" long including spherical reservoir at bottom that holds gray pellets.
C. Printed paper instructions, "Directions for Using the Urinometer, No. 17217, Will Corporation, Rochester, New York".
D. White cardboard box that holds B and C, and is contained in A. 5" long, 0.6" square.

Material:

Glass
Paper

Dimensions:

H-5.25 Dia-1.5 inches

Provenance:

Part of the Wilfred B. Osgood Pharmacy Collection, consisting of the 1870s-1950s contents of the Knox Pharmacy (owned by Fred L. Knox) and Roberts Rexall Store (owned by George C. Roberts) in Farmington, NH. Wilfred Osgood purchased both pharmacies in the late 1940s/early 1950s, and kept the original furnishings from both stores. During the 1970s, he created a pharmacy display room from the contents of both stores. This collection is the contents of that display. The collection includes manuscripts, books, photographs, and printed ephemera, transferred to library (1992-068.)

Credit Line:

Gift of Donna T. Osgood in memory of Wilfred B. Osgood

People:

Osgood, Wilfred (1911-1988)

Subjects:

Pharmacies, Pharmacists