Hydrometer, by Dring and Fage

Hydrometer, by Dring and Fage

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Hydrometer, by Dring and Fage, London, cuckoo slide rule by Long, 19th century

Details

Category:
Laboratory Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A20347
Materials:
case, mahogany, hydrometer, brass, thermometer, glass, thermometer, mercury, missing, thermometer, ivory, scale mount and thermometer, brass
Measurements:
case: length mm
case: width mm
case: height mm
thermometer mount: length 207 mm
thermometer mount: width 31 mm
type:
hydrometers
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)

Parts

Brass weight

Brass weight

Brass weight

Measurements:
diameter 14 mm
Materials:
brass
Object Number:
A20347 Pt1
type:
weights
Brass weight

Brass weight

Brass weight

Measurements:
diameter 15 mm
Materials:
brass
Object Number:
A20347 Pt2
type:
weights
Brass weight

Brass weight

Brass weight

Measurements:
diameter 17 mm
Materials:
brass
Object Number:
A20347 Pt3
type:
weights
Brass weight

Brass weight

Brass weight

Measurements:
diameter 18 mm
Materials:
brass
Object Number:
A20347 Pt4
type:
weights
Slide rule of wood and ivory

Slide rule of wood and ivory

Slide rule of wood and ivory, made by Dring and Fage of London

Measurements:
length 255 mm
width 41 mm
Materials:
boxwood and ivory
Object Number:
A20347 Pt5
type:
slide rules
Slide rule

Slide rule

Slide rule, wood

Measurements:
length mm
width mm
Materials:
boxwood
Object Number:
A20347 Pt6
type:
slide rules