Salinometer
notes: label: Description
content: A salinometer is used to determine the saline content of sea water. This example has three glass hydrometers with shot ballast, a metal jar, and a wooden case. It may have been acquired for the Smithsonian by Joseph Henry, the physicist who served as founding Secretary of the Institution.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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: PH.314624
label: catalog number
content: 314624
label: accession number
content: 208046
objectType: label: Object Name
content: salinometer
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 7/8 in x 11 in x 10 1/4 in; 12.3825 cm x 27.94 cm x 26.035 cm