Glass hydrometer by Hicks.Mercury weight

Made:
1870-1900 in United Kingdom
maker:
James Joseph Hicks

Glass hydrometer by Hicks. Mercury weight, and ivory scale. In tinplate tube. Range 0 - 40

Details

Category:
Experimental Chemistry
Object Number:
2005-487
Materials:
ivory, mercury and tinplate
Measurements:
overall: 156 mm
type:
hydrometer
credit:
Laboratory of the Government Chemist

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