Hydrometer
notes: label: Description
content: A lactometer is a hydrometer designed to test the purity of milk, or the extent to which milk has been watered or otherwise adulterated. In this brass example, the stem is marked “TEMP 60° F” and “LACTOMETER.” The flat scale is marked “w; ¼' 1/2; 3/4; m” on one side; the other side is graduated from 0 to 40. Here, W = water, and M= 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: PH.327011.01
label: catalog number
content: 327011.01
label: accession number
content: 265930
objectType: label: Object Name
content: hydrometer
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 3/8 in x 1 1/2 in; 21.2725 cm x 3.81 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 3/8 in x 1 1/2 in; 21.2725 cm x 3.81 cm