Hydrometer of old form

Made:
1830-1860 in London
maker:
Dring and Fage

Hydrometer of old form, in box. Hydrometer Index 619.

An early version of Sikes’ hydrometer. Ivory slide rule signed ‘DRING and FAGE. MAKERS No 20 TOOLEY St’.

Details

Category:
Experimental Chemistry
Object Number:
1876-1071
Materials:
brass (copper, zinc alloy), mahogany (wood), ivory and box (wood)
type:
hydrometer
credit:
Dring and Fage