Accession No

1538

Brief Description

Sikes hydrometer, by Joshua Long, English, early to mid-19th Century

Origin

England; London; Little Tower Street

Maker

Long, Joshua

Class

physics; metrology

Earliest Date

1808

Latest Date

1850

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass); wood; cloth (velvet, ribbon)

Dimensions

length 96mm; maximum diameter 25mm box length 125mm; breadth 66mm; height 39mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Inscription

‘Long Little Tower St London NO 2’ (side of scale)

Description Notes

Brass Sikes’ hydrometer with scale divided 0 - 10, numbered by 1, subdivided to 0.2.
Fitted wooden case (lid missing), lined with blue velvet. Three pins for holding weights (missing). Appears to be drawer from larger apparatus.

Condition fair (heavily tarnished, velvet discoloured); incomplete (weights missing)

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