Glass Gay-Lussac hydrometer (densimeter)

Made:: 1871-1900 in Paris

Glass Gay-Lussac hydrometer (densimeter), range 1040-1100
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Glass Gay-Lussac hydrometer (densimeter), range 1040-1100, with trial jar and in metal case with a French label describing the hydrometer as 'La Trousse Pomologique', made by F. Besnard, 28 rue Geoffroy-l'Asnier, Paris, c. 1871-1900.

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Category:: Experimental Chemistry

Object Number:: 1964-526

Materials:: glass, mercury, paper (fibre product) and lithographed tinplate

Measurements:: length 123 mm

type:: hydrometer

credit:: McLachlan, T.

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Glass Gay-Lussac hydrometer (densimeter)

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