Hydrometer
notes: label: Description
content: Glass hydrometer with shot ballast, and paper label marked “Per Cent of Proof Spirits at 60° F. / No. / Made in U.S.A. / Weksler.” There is also a U.S. Internal Revenue label, Series of 1936. Harry Weksler was a glassblower who left England in 1920 and established the Weksler Thermometer Corp. in St. Louis. The firm became Weksler Instrument Corp. in 1968.
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: 1996.0015.01
label: accession number
content: 1996.0015
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0015.01
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: 25.4 cm x 2.5 cm; 10 in x in
label: Measurements
content: overall in box: 10 1/2 in x 1 3/4 in x 1 13/16 in; 26.67 cm x 4.445 cm x 4.60375 cm