Edward Wilson's Science Equipment: Pipette Absorption

Production date
Pre 1910
 Description
A clear glass pipette with a natural rubber knob used to suck up chemicals from the interior of a bottle. The pipette is bulbous in the middle and tapers off at the base to an angular point. Above the bulbous section the glass is waisted to a shaft to which is fitted a natural (red) rubber bulb. The exterior of the bulbous section of glass appears frosted this may be because the surface has been ground to form a liquid tight seal.
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Production place
England
Collecting unit
Antarctica
Provenance details
This item was found with a number of other items by the New Zealand component of the Commonwealth Trans. Antarctic Expedition in March 1957 whilst testing Ferguson tractors. The items were discovered in an 'igloo' known as "Oriana Hut".

Part of a group acquisition: Miscelleneous "household" relics, cafe crozier, Antarctica.
Survey materials abandoned in temporary Igloo shelter by winter party of Wilson, Bowers and Cherry Garrard in 1911.
Discovered in 1957 by a party of the NZ Section of the Transantarctic Expedition. Presented in August.
*Government Life Building, Customhouse Quay, Wellington.
Measurements
Dimensions (LxWxH): whole: 16 x 16 x 125mm
Subject category
Antarctica/Antarctic Expeditions & Operations/British Antarctic Expeditions/Terra Nova, 1910-1913
Associated person
Associated place
Cape Crozier/Antarctica
Associated event
British Antarctic Expedition 1910 - 1913 (Terra Nova); 1910-1913
Current rights
Creative Commons - CC BY-NC
Current rights code
Creative Commons - CC BY-NC
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Other id
A163.4
A163.4b
169/58
512
1958.169.2
Catalogue No.
A163.4b
Accession number
1958.169.2

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