Saccharimeter
notes: label: Description
content: This seems to be a half-shadow saccharimeter with a polarizer of the sort described in 1881 by Ferdinand Lippich, a professor of mathematical physics at the German University in Prague. The vertical circle reads 120 - 0 - 120; it is graduated to 30 minutes and read by magnifiers.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
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content: Science & Mathematics
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.327502
label: catalog number
content: 327502
label: accession number
content: 266156
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Saccharimeter
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 18 1/2 in x 16 1/2 in x 8 in; 46.99 cm x 41.91 cm x 20.32 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 18 3/4 in x 9 in x 16 1/2 in; 47.625 cm x 22.86 cm x 41.91 cm