Hydrometer by Robert Atkins

Made:
1803 in London
maker:
Robert Atkins
Hydrometer by Robert Atkins, 136 Fenchurch Street, London

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Hydrometer by Robert Atkins, 136 Fenchurch Street, London
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Hydrometer by Robert Atkins, 136 Fenchurch Street, London, with four weights and boxwood slide rule, in mahogany case, 12 1/2" x 3 1/8" x 2 1/8", c. 1803. Hydrometer Index 360.

Details

Category:
Experimental Chemistry
Object Number:
1954-402
Materials:
brass (copper, zinc alloy) and mahogany (wood)
type:
hydrometer
credit:
National Maritime Museum