Hydrometer
notes: label: Description
content: Mauritz Augenstein (1822-1892) was a Jew from Budapest who came to the U.S., fought in the Union Army during the Civil War, and devised a saccharimeter. This example of that instrument is made of silver, and marked “AUGENSTEIN PAT. NOV. 15, 1870.” The scale extends from (12 or 17?) to 25.
label: Description
content: Ref: Mauritz Augenstein, “Improvement in Testing Instrument for Brewers and Distillers,” U.S. Patent 109,168 (Nov. 15, 1870).
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.327003.02
label: catalog number
content: 327003.02
label: accession number
content: 267815
objectType: label: Object Name
content: hydrometer
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 in x 1 1/4 in; 35.56 cm x 3.175 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 1/4 in x 1 3/8 in; 28.575 cm x 3.4925 cm