Accession No

1108

Brief Description

mercury-in-glass hydrometer

Origin

Maker

Class

physics; metrology

Earliest Date

Latest Date

Inscription Date

Material

glass; ivory; metal (mercury)

Dimensions

length 160mm; diameter 33mm

Special Collection

Cavendish collection

Provenance

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

Inscription

‘ArgentR Grs per Oz tempe 60’ (back of scale)

Description Notes

Broken glass hydrometer (in 5 pieces) with mercury weight (held in by black glass seal). Ivory scale divided 0 - 90, numbered by 10, subdivided to 2. Originally attached to glass of seal.
Contained in glass test tube.

Condition poor (broken); complete.

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