Accession No

1112

Brief Description

Sikes hydrometer, by Dring and Fage, English, mid-19th Century

Origin

England; London

Maker

Dring and Fage

Class

physics; metrology

Earliest Date

1830

Latest Date

1870

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass)

Dimensions

height 275mm; maximum diameter 39mm

Special Collection

Cavendish collection

Provenance

Transferred from the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, from 10/1951.

Inscription

‘DRING & FAGE 10198’

Description Notes

brass Sikes hydrometer with scale divided 0 to 20 numbered by 1, subdivided 0.5

condition fair (slightly battered and tarnished); complete

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