Gilt Sikes hydrometer

Made:
1840-1940
Gilt Sikes hydrometer, bearing serial number 11, with weights

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Gilt Sikes hydrometer, bearing serial number 11, with weights
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Gilt Sikes hydrometer, bearing serial number 11, with weights. In mahogany box. Box also contains mercury-in-glass thermomter. 30 - 110 deg F, on ivory scale. Range 0 - 10.

Details

Category:
Experimental Chemistry
Object Number:
2005-478
Materials:
ivory and mahogany (wood)
type:
hydrometer and sikes hydrometer
credit:
Laboratory of the Government Chemist