1920s, Carbon Dioxide, Diagram, Gas Analyzer, Photograph Katharometer, Carbon Dioxide Analyzer, 1926 June 23, 2013 Richard Johnston Leave a comment I.W. Rabinowitch, E.V. Bazin. A simple and accurate method for determining basal metabolic rates. An electrometric (katharometer) procedure. Can Med J, 1926, page 638.