Specific Gravity Bottle
notes: label: Description
content: A specific gravity bottle determines the specific gravity of a liquid. In use, it would be weighed empty, and then again when filled with the liquid in question. This example is glass, with a ground glass stopper and an etched inscription that reads "17 / A.H.T. / Co. / 25 / ML" There is also a brass tare weight, and a cylindrical tin container.
label: Description
content: Ref: Arthur H. Thomas, Laboratory Apparatus and Reagents (Philadelphia, 1921), p. 544.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: June W. Leonard
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0691.50
label: accession number
content: 1991.0691
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0691.50
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Specific Gravity Bottle
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, tin (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11.1 cm x 3.8 cm; 4 3/8 in x 1 1/2 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 3/8 in x 1 9/16 in; 11.1125 cm x 3.96875 cm