Glass Gay-Lussac hydrometer (densimeter)

Glass Gay-Lussac hydrometer (densimeter), range 1040-1100

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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
type:
hydrometer
credit:
McLachlan, T.