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, made by Dring and Fage of London

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, wood

Slide rule

Slide rule, wood

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