Urinometer, mercury in glass

Made:
1851-1920 in London
Urinometer, mercury in glass

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Urinometer, mercury in glass
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Urinometer, mercury in glass, in cylindrical leather covered case, by Negretti and Zambra, London, English, 1851-1920

Details

Category:
Clinical Diagnosis
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A608012
Materials:
case, leather, covered, hydrometer, glass, mercury and scale, plastic
Measurements:
hydrometer: length 126 mm
bulb: diameter 18 mm
case: length 143 mm
case: diameter 25 mm
type:
hydrometer and urinometer

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