Improved hydrometer with four weights

Improved hydrometer, no

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Improved hydrometer, no
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Improved hydrometer, no. 10080, with four weights (one marked 369), by Dring and Fage, 20 Tooley Street, London, England, c. 1820. With ivory thermometer, ivory proof rule and boxwood rule with ivory slide in mahogany case.

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Category:
Experimental Chemistry
Object Number:
1954-380
Materials:
gilt, mahogany (wood), box (wood), mercury and ivory
type:
hydrometer
credit:
National Maritime Museum