General Information

Serial #

11547

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Bakelite?

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

18.0 cm

Width

6.8 cm

Height

N/A

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Agriculture

Category

Research

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Magnuson

Country

United States of America

State/Province

California

City

San Jose

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Issued October 6, 1958 and revised to new regulation on March 29. 1961 (written on box lid 2009.0033.2)

Canada

Instrument used by Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Agriculture Canada. The lot with which this refractometer arrived contained tomato juice testing equipment, which was designed to pinpoint the colour of the juice based on benchmark colour charts. However, refractometers could be used to test a number of things, including, for instance, honey, grape juice, wine, and maple syrup.

Function

To blend certain colours on a spinning disk to achieve a final colour used to determine the colour of tomato juice.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Print reads: "MONSSANTO LUSTREX/ CANADA [in black] DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE/ COLOR STANDARD FOR CANNED TOMATOES/ TOMATO RED/ DATE: OCT 6 1958 [black date]/ MAGNUSON ENGINEERS SAN JOSE, CALIF./ SERIAL NUMBER 11547"/

Missing

N/A

Finish

Tomato red synthetic tablet/ Embossed and incised print and black print stamped onto plaque

Decoration

N/A