Hydrometer, mercury in glass lactometer, with case

Hydrometer, mercury in glass lactometer, with case, English(?)

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Hydrometer, mercury in glass lactometer, with case, English(?)
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Hydrometer, mercury in glass lactometer, with case, English(?), 1830-1920

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Category:
Nutrition & Food Technology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A608046
Materials:
hydrometer, glass, hydrometer, mercury and hydrometer, paper, scale
Measurements:
hydrometer: length 1498 mm
bulb: diameter 17 mm
case: length 178 mm
case: diameter 27 mm
type:
hydrometer and lactometer