Hydrometer
notes: label: Description
content: Glass hydrometer with mercury ballast, and paper label marked “Baume scale, T. 60° F.” Antoine Baumé was a French pharmacist who, in 1768, introduced a pair of scales describing the specific gravity of various liquids.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: U.S. Military Academy
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.316460
label: catalog number
content: 316460
label: accession number
content: 223721
objectType: label: Object Name
content: hydrometer
label: Object Name
content: hydrometer, baume
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 in; 15.24 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 in x 9/16 in; 15.24 cm x 1.42875 cm