Respirator Warburg

Name/Title

Respirator Warburg

Entry/Object ID

1000.2171.101

Description

Warburg, Respirator

Collection

Jim Adams

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Bronwill Scientific Division of Will Corp.

Date made

1968

Notes

where made: Rochester, NY model name: Bronwill Warburg Apparatus model number: UV

Color

Chrome Gray

General Notes

Note

Holds 14 manometers (respirators) 6 reproducible agitation speeds electrical contact thermometer Used for accurate measurement of metabolic reactions. By B. Braun. Artifact label reads: Warburg Respirator Bronwill Scientific Inc., Rochester, NY 1968 The Bronwill Warburg Apparatus can hold up to 14 samples of cellular material and has six reproducible agitation speeds. Manometers, or pressure measurement devices, were used to measure the precise amount of gas produced or absorbed by the samples during testing. Variations of this device are still used by scientists today to measure fermentation or cellular respiration.