A Tissot spirometer being used for basal metabolism. From La Presse Medical, 1927, no. 76, page 1146.
Category Archives: Gasometer
Tissot Spirometer, 1904
First published description of the Tissot Spirometer. From J. Tissot, “Nouvelle méthode de mesure et d’inscription du débit et des mouvements respiratoires de l’homme et des animaux”, Journal de physiologie et de pathologie générale, 1904, vol 6, pp. 693
Tissot, Exercise Testing
A Tissot spirometer (probably 125 liter) used for exercise testing. The subject is inhaling through a gas meter and exhaling into the Tissot spirometer while riding a Monark exercise bicycle. From a University of Texas of the Permian Basin college course synopsis on exercise physiology.
Collins Gasometer, 1922
Found in Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics, Volume 35, December 1922, page 16.
Tissot Gasometer, 1957
From Techniques for Measuring Body Composition: Proceedings of a Conference, Quartermaster Research and Engineering Center, Natick, Massachusetts, January 22-23, 1959, by Josef Bro_ek, Austin Henschel , published by National Academies, 1961, page 257.
Spirometer, Marey, 1886
Spirometer logger for measuring insufflation and increased pressure in a 300 liter container the amount of air inspired and expired in a respiratory act and compare the measurements with the indications of pneumographe. Attributed to Etienne-Jules Marey / 1882-86 / Station / physiological / I / Methods and Techniques. Found on the Medic Database.
Gasometer, 1829
Hutchinson’s spirometer was based on the gasometer, a common device used by scientists, chemists and glassblowers. From Brande, William Thomas, and William James MacNeven. “A manual of chemistry; containing the principal facts of the science arranged in the order in which they are discussed and illustrated in the lectures at the Royal Institution of Great Britain. With plates.” New York, 1829,page 68.
Sir Humphry Davy’s Mercury Air Holder, 1800
Fronticepiece for Humphry Davy’s “Researches, Chemical and Philosophical”, published in 1800. A mercury-seal gasometer that predates Hutchinson’s spirometer by over 40 years. The counterweight is attached to a cam that varies the force over the range of motion of the bell. This device was used as an air holder, not as a measuring device since the only scale for volume was a uncalibrated dial on the cam. Found on PublicDomainReview.com.
Tissot Spirometer, 1945
From Bioenergetics and Grown by Samuel Brody, Published by Reinhold Publishing, NY, 1945. Chapter 12, page 337. Found on the website BeefEfficiency.org.
Tissot Gasometer, Collins, 350 Liter, 1967
From “Directions for operating a Collins chain-compensated gasometer”, Second Edition Cat. No. P-469. Warren E. Collins, Inc. May, 1967.