Hydrometer Set
date: label: date made
content: ca. 1866-1882
name: label: maker
content: Tagliabue, Giuseppe
notes: label: Description
content: Wooden box with three glass hydrometers. These hydrometers are glass, with solid ballast and paper labels. The label on one reads “Percents of Proof Spirit at 60° Fahr. G. Tagliabue Patentd Oct. 16th 66.” The labels on the other two read “Percents of Proof spirit at 60° Fahr. G. Tagliabue, N.Y. Patented Oct. 16th 1866.” Two of the original hydrometers and the glass jar are missing. A tag glued to inside of the lid reads: "This set of G. Hydrs was bought at auction at a Custom House Sale by a Speculator who sold it to me for 135 Aug. 1882 P.A.P." Federal officials might have used this set for gauging wines for tax purposes.
label: Description
content: Ref: Giuseppe Tagliabue, “Improvement in Hydrometers,” U.S. Patent 58,913 (Oct. 16, 1866).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
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.319228
label: catalog number
content: 319228
label: accession number
content: 235391
objectType: label: Object Name
content: hydrometer, wine gauging
label: Object Name
content: hydrometers
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 3/4 in x 10 1/4 in x 5 1/2 in; 12.065 cm x 26.035 cm x 13.97 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall in case: 4 5/8 in x 10 1/4 in x 5 1/2 in; 11.7475 cm x 26.035 cm x 13.97 cm