Instrument - Specific gravity urinometer, Diabetes Urinometer

Physical description

Cream coloured manufacturers box labelled with a pale blue and cream label: "Diabetes Urinometer and Specimen Tube. Manufacturer Precision Glass Instrument Co, Melbourne".
Blown glass urinometer used to measure the specific gravity of urine. It consists of 3 parts:
I. The float: is the air containing part
II. Weight: the lower end of urinometer (metal ball bearings)
III. Stem- Has calibrations with numbers marked to measure the specific gravity
Missing urine holding specimen tube

Inscriptions & markings

Hospital type diabetes urinometer 60 degrees F
Precision Glass Instrument Co. Melb.
Measurements on stem from 000 to 030

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