Hydrometer
notes: label: Description
content: Large glass hydrometer with mercury ballast. The paper label reads “Specific Gravity Scale for Light Liquids.” Archie James Weith (1886-1980) used this hydrometer while a graduate student in chemistry at the University of Kansas, in 1909-1913.
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: 1998.0215.08
label: accession number
content: 1998.0215
label: catalog number
content: 1998.0215.08
objectType: label: Object Name
content: hydrometer
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 29.2 cm x 2.3 cm; 11 1/2 in x 29/32 in
label: Measurements
content: overall in box: 1 1/8 in x 13 1/4 in x 1 1/4 in; 2.8575 cm x 33.655 cm x 3.175 cm