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Humidograph with Key
Humidograph with Key

Humidograph with Key

RetailerSold by Eimer & Amend American
Date1930s
MediumSteel, brass, glass, and possibly horsehair internally
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width x depth): 6 1/16 x 6 1/8 x 4 1/16in. (15.4 x 15.6 x 10.3cm)
ClassificationsInstruments
Credit LineGift of the Lutz Children's Museum
Object number2005.148.4a,b
MarkingsA black and silver metal plate affixed to the back reads, "THE BRISTOL COMPANY/ WATERBURY, CONN., U.S.A./ MODEL 4044 CHART 4043/ SERIAL 125131".

A sticker affixed the the center of the back is gold with black lettering. It reads, "EIMER & AMEND/ MODERN LABORATORY APPLIANCES/ CHEMICALS & DRUGS/ NEW YORK, N.Y."
Inscribed"201181" is scratched into the back of the top, near the handle.
Subject Terms
    On View
    On view
    The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund, 2013.98.2  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Stanley Tools
    1984.119.0  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Holbrook Apparatus Mfg. Co.
    1850-1900
    Gift of Daniel Piotrowski in memory of Horace W. Sellers III, 2016.100.85a © 2016 The Connectic…
    Dr. Cyrus Pendleton
    Gift of Sara White Lee, 1950.234.0  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Captain Lemuel White
    1780s-1790s
    Gift of Daniel Piotrowski in memory of Horace W. Sellers III, 2016.100.80a-bb © 2016 The Connec…
    Dr. Cyrus Pendleton
    Gift of Daniel Piotrowski in memory of Horace W. Sellers III, 2016.100.81a-t © 2016 The Connect…
    Dr. Cyrus Pendleton
    Orchestral Organette and Music Scrolls
    Wilcox & White Organ Co.
    about 1885
    Tape Measure
    Stanley Tools
    Gift of William Porter, 1843.19.0  © 2005 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Unknown
    before 1843
    Gift of the Richard Welling Family,  2011.465.14  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Richard Welling