Accession No

0869

Brief Description

lead shot-in-ivory hydrometer, 18th C

Origin

Maker

Class

physics; metrology

Earliest Date

1700

Latest Date

1800

Inscription Date

Material

ivory; metal (lead?); wood (walnut?)

Dimensions

height 156mm; maximum diameter 35mm case length 192mm; maximum diameter 53mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Purchased by Robert Stewart Whipple from O.S. Jones, London, England, on 24/05/1938.

Inscription

Description Notes

Ivory hydrometer weighted with lead (?) shot. Scale divided 1 - 18, numbered by 1.
Fitted walnut (?) case with screwfit lid; second screw fitting for section round base.

Condition good; complete.

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