Hydrometer
notes: label: Description
content: 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. This glass hydrometer with mercury ballast is of that sort. The paper label reads in part “Lactometer for Milk. Temp. 60° F.”
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-12890
label: catalog number
content: M-12890
label: accession number
content: 288176
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Lactometer, Queuenne's
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass, ?, transparent (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/2 in x 1 5/32 in; 19.05 cm x 2.921 cm