Hydrometer
notes: label: Description
content: Glass hydrometer with shot ballast, and paper label reading “Quevennes Lactometer Tp. 60° F.” A smaller paper label reads “EIMER & AMEND, N.Y.” In 1841, T. A. Quevenne, chief pharmacist at the Hopital de la Charité in Paris, described a hydrometric method of determining the richness (fat content) and purity of milk.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Rutgers State University of New Jersey, Cook College, Department of Food Science
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1993.0162.02
label: catalog number
content: 1993.0162.02
label: accession number
content: 1993.0162
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Hydrometer, Lactometer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: lead (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 21.5 cm x 2.3 cm; x 8 7/16 in x 7/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall in box: 1 1/8 in x 13 1/4 in x 1 1/16 in; 2.8575 cm x 33.655 cm x 2.69875 cm