Accession No

2955

Brief Description

Baumé hydrometer for heavy liquids, German, 1875 (c)

Origin

Germany

Maker

Class

physics; metrology

Earliest Date

1875

Latest Date

1875

Inscription Date

Material

glass; paper

Dimensions

length 283mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Transferred from Department of Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, 31/03/1983.

Inscription

‘Baumes Hydrometer for heavy liquids. Temp. 60o Farht’
‘Made in
Germany’
‘Resisteuxglas’

Description Notes

Baumé hydrometer, glass. Black weighted bulb stem with printed paper scale inside.

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