Hydrometer, Baume, glass

Made:
1801-1900 in France
maker:
Unknown

Hydrometer, Baume, glass, in metal case, probably French, 19th century

Details

Category:
Laboratory Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A606005
Materials:
case, metal, hydrometer, glass, hydrometer, mercury and scale, paper
Measurements:
hydrometer: length 146 mm
case: length 163 mm
case: diameter 26 mm
type:
hydrometers

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