Barktrometer for measuring the density of tanning liquor
- Made:
- 1876 in Bermondsey
- maker:
- Dring and Fage
Barktrometer in box, serial no 1115. Hydrometer, used by tanners when tanning leather, for ascertaining the density of bark liquor, made by Dring & Fage, London, 1876.
Details
- Category:
- Experimental Chemistry
- Object Number:
- 1876-553
- Materials:
- gilt, box: mahogany, thermometer: mercury-in-glass, brass scale and slide-rule: ivory and boxwood
- type:
- hydrometer and barktrometer
- credit:
- Dring and Fage