Brass hydrometer set

Made:: 1810-1830 in Philadelphia

Brass hydrometer set, Dicas type, serial no 1163
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Brass hydrometer set, Dicas type, serial no 1163, with slide rule, by Albert Engle, Philadelphia, USA, 1810-1830.

Details

Category:: Experimental Chemistry

Object Number:: 1986-473

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy), ivory and mahogany (wood)

Measurements:: case: depth 150 mm
case: height 62 mm
case
hydrometer length: 186mm: length 215 mm
hydrometer: length 188 mm

type:: hydrometer

credit:: Tesseract

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