Record

Reference Number	MIMM/2019-3/11
Title	Glass Hydrometer
Date	1900-1949
Description	Hydrometer. Glass body weighted with liquid mercury, which is plugged with red wax. Paper scale with range [minus] 40-70. Hydrometers are used to measure the density or specific gravity of liquids.
Extent	1 item
Dimensions	240mm (length)
Digital Collections	View online in our digital collections
Copyright	Free to use under the terms of the Creative Commons Licence Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
Credit Line	Royal College of Physicians of Ireland
Object Name	Hydrometer
Term	Weights and Measures -- Instrumentation
Term	Specific Gravity

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates
DS/UK/5938	Hayes, Conyngham & Robinson; 1897-1998; Wholesale and Manufacturing Chemists	1897-1998

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