Hydrometer
notes: label: Description
content: Glass hydrometer with shot ballast, and paper label marked “Baume & Specific Gravity Scale Temp. 60 F / Wm. Hiergesell & Sons / 295 Pearl St. New York."
label: Description
content: William Hiergesell (ca. 1857-1926) was born in Germany, and came to U.S. in 1886. Wm. Hiergesell & Son was in business in 1919, and bought the building at 295 Pearl St. in 1920. David and Valentine Hiergesell were doing business as Wm. Hiergesell & Sons in 1932
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1984.0046.039
label: catalog number
content: 1984.0046.039
label: accession number
content: 1984.0046
objectType: label: Object Name
content: hydrometer
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 1/2 in x 5/8 in; 29.21 cm x 1.5875 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall in container: 12 1/2 in x 1 1/4 in; 31.75 cm x 3.175 cm