Hydrometer
notes: label: Description
content: Glass hydrometer with mercury ballast and paper label, with a “FOR AMMONIA” inscription. The “MAX MAG. . .NER, Pharmacist / Deutsche Apotheke / Cor. Dix and Hubbard Avenues, DETROIT” inscription on the cardboard container refers to Max Magdalener (1862-1927), a German immigrant pharmacist.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-12888.05
label: catalog number
content: M-12888
label: accession number
content: 288176
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Hydrometer, Beaume
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass, ?, transparent (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 1/4 in x 1 in; 33.655 cm x 2.54 cm