Hydrometer
name: label: maker
content: Tagliabue, Giuseppe
notes: label: Description
content: Glass hydrometer with shot ballast, and paper label marked “Percents of proof spirit at 60 Fahr. G. Tagliabue, N.Y. Patented Oct. 16th 1866.” The relevant patent described a bit of metal that kept the shot from rolling around. There is also an Internal Revenue label.
label: Description
content: Ref: Giuseppe Tagliabue, “Improvement in Hydrometers,” U.S. Patent 58,913 (Oct. 16, 1866).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: United States Treasury Department, Bureau of Customs
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.326967
label: catalog number
content: 326967
label: accession number
content: 265696
objectType: label: Object Name
content: hydrometer
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 1/4 in x 1 in; 23.495 cm x 2.54 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall in box: 1 5/8 in x 10 11/16 in x 1 11/16 in; 4.1275 cm x 27.14625 cm x 4.28625 cm