glass hydrometer
Date1890-1920
Inventory Number4440
ClassificationHydrometer
Subject
Maker
American
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Owner
Theodore William Richards
1868 - 1928
Cultural Region
Place of Use
Dimensions32.8 x 1.9 cm (12 15/16 x 3/4 in.)
case: 3 x 37.6 x 3 cm (1 3/16 x 14 13/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
case: 3 x 37.6 x 3 cm (1 3/16 x 14 13/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
Material
Accessoriescardboard case with a black and brown mottled surface
DescriptionA hydrometer consisting of a narrow stem with a paper scale inside, which then widens to a cylindrical air filled section, which gradually narrows to a narrow tip connected to a spherical, mercury filled bulb.
Its scale goes from 1.750 to 1.500.
Its scale goes from 1.750 to 1.500.
Signedunsigned
Inscribedmarked on stem base: Specific Gravity tp. 60°F
marked on top of case: 1.500 - 1.750
FunctionThis is a precise, narrowly ranged hydrometer to determine the specific gravity of liquids. It was part of a series of many hydrometers of which three survive: 4440, 4441 and 4442.
As with most hydrometers, one would determine a liquid's specific gravity by letting it float in the liquid and observing the level that the surface reached on the hydrometer's scale.
As with most hydrometers, one would determine a liquid's specific gravity by letting it float in the liquid and observing the level that the surface reached on the hydrometer's scale.
American
Date: 1890-1920
Accessories: cardboard case with a black and brown mottled surface
Object number: 4441
American
Date: 1890-1920
Accessories: cardboard case with a black and green mottled surface
Object number: 4442
American
Date: 1890-1920
Accessories: cardboard case with a black and brown mottled surface
Object number: 4443
American
Date: 1890-1920
Accessories: cardboard case with a black and green mottled surface
Object number: 4444
American
Date: 1870-1920
Object number: 1998-1-0293
German
Date: circa 1850
Accessories: blue cardboard cylindrical case
Object number: DW0791
French
Date: 1890-1910
Accessories: blue cylindrical cardboard case
Object number: 4448
German
Date: circa 1850
Accessories: cylindrical cardboard case with a pattern of brown and yellow flowers
Object number: DW0793
Dr. H. Geissler, Nachfolger Franz Müller
Date: 1900-1920
Accessories: green cylindrical cardboard case
Object number: 4446
Dr. H. Geissler, Nachfolger Franz Müller
Date: 1900-1920
Accessories: blue cylindrical cardboard case
Object number: 4447
Dr. H. Geissler, Nachfolger Franz Müller
Date: 1890-1920
Accessories: green cardboard case
Object number: 4445
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