Hydrometer
name: label: maker
content: H-B Instrument Company
notes: label: Description
content: Glass hydrometer with shot ballast, and paper label marked “H-B Instrument Company. There is also a U.S. Internal Revenue label. William, Frank and Valentine Hiergesell, of Philadelphia, began in business as Hiergesell Brothers in 1903. The firm registered “H-B” as a trademark in 1923. In 2012, now trading as H-B instruments, it was acquired by Bel-Art Products.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Reference Library
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1996.0015.02
label: accession number
content: 1996.0015
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0015.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Hydrometer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: lead (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 30.4 cm x 3.3 cm; 11 15/16 in x 1 5/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall in box: 1 3/8 in x 12 3/4 in x 1 1/2 in; 3.4925 cm x 32.385 cm x 3.81 cm