Scott Polar Research Institute
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| Accession no.: | Y: 59/8/5/27a-b | ||||||||||
| Object name: | Ampoule | ||||||||||
| Title: | Ampoule | ||||||||||
| Description: | A glass ampoule (a) in a cardboard tube (b) for collecting samples of expired air. From the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-58 and part of a sledging box (Y: 59/8/5/1) containing integrating motor pneumotachograph (IMP) equipment, used for determining energy expenditure by analysing expired air to calculate oxygen consumption. | ||||||||||
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| Number of items: | 2 | ||||||||||
| Full description: |
A glass ampoule (a) in a corrugated cardboard tube (b). |
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