Hydrometer Set
date: label: date made
content: 1877
name: label: Associated Name
content: Tagliabue, Giuseppe
label: maker
content: Tagliabue, Giuseppe
notes: label: Description
content: Box containing four glass hydrometers with paper labels and shot ballast, and a copper jar, used for assessing the alcoholic strength of beverages for tax purposes. The set was made by Giuseppe Tagliabue (1812-1878), an Italian immigrant who began in business in New York in 1834.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Sharp and Dohme
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-06758
label: catalog number
content: M-06758
label: accession number
content: 202250
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Hydrometers, Alcohol
label: Object Name
content: hydrometers, alcohol
label: Object Name
content: proofing kit
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (hydrometers material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (thermometer material)
label: Physical Description
content: copper (thermometer material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (box material)
label: Measurements
content: box: 9.9 cm x 27 cm x 17.5 cm; 3 29/32 in x 10 5/8 in x 6 7/8 in
label: Measurements
content: thermometer: 22 cm; 8 21/32 in
label: Measurements
content: hydrometers: 23 cm; 9 1/16 in