Set of 5 brass Tralles' hydrometers with a Gay-Lussac hydrometer

Made:: 1900-1950 in London

maker:: Dring and Fage

Set of 5 brass Tralles' hydrometers with a Gay-Lussac
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Set of 5 brass Tralles' hydrometers with a Gay-Lussac hydrometer, in wooden case, probably early 20th century

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Category:: Experimental Chemistry

Object Number:: 1984-332

Materials:: gilt and mahogany (wood)

Measurements:: others: 214, 213, 213, 212mm: length 218 mm

type:: hydrometer

credit:: Sotheby's

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Set of 5 brass Tralles' hydrometers with a Gay-Lussac hydrometer

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