Early Sikes' hydrometer

Made:: 1815-1825 in Bermondsey

maker:: Dring and Fage

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Early Sikes' hydrometer, no
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Early Sikes' hydrometer, no. 472, by Dring and Fage, 20 Tooley Street, London, England, c. 1820. Mercury gilt in mahogany case. Hydrometer Index 622.

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Category:: Experimental Chemistry

Object Number:: 1954-376

Materials:: mahogany (wood) and mercury

Measurements:: overall: in.

type:: hydrometer and sikes hydrometer

credit:: National Maritime Museum

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