Hydrometer
notes: label: Description
content: Glass hydrometer with thermometer, mercury ballast and paper label marked “Quevenne’s Lactometer Temp 60° F.” 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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1984.0046.037
label: catalog number
content: 1984.0046.037
label: accession number
content: 1984.0046
objectType: label: Object Name
content: hydrometer
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 in x 1 13/16 in; 33.02 cm x 4.60375 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall in container: 14 in x 1 5/8 in; 35.56 cm x 4.1275 cm