Two Glass tube brass cap end fragments

Made:
1876 in Glasgow
maker:
James White and Company
patentee:
William Baron Kelvin Thomson

Two Glass tube brass cap end fragments, for containing a chemically prepared example, for Ocean depth sounding machine, used for marine vessel navigation, patented by Sir William Baron Kelvin Thomson, British, 1876 and made by James White, Glasgow, Scotland, 1876

Details

Category:
Navigation
Object Number:
1879-35/8
Materials:
brass (copper, zinc alloy) and glass
type:
tube and fragment
credit:
University of Glasgow