Hydrometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ANTI-FREEZE TESTER
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2001.0367.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- GLASS TUBES/ RUBBER BULB & HOSE/ PAPER? & SYNTHETIC? SCALES
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 40.7 cm
- Width
- 4.8 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Metrology
- Category
- Specific gravity/density
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
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FROM ESTATE OF MR. E. EDWARD JONES, F.I. MECH. E.C. ENG., P. ENG. (1908-1994), BRITISH BORN & EDUCATED ENGINEER. AFTER COMING TO CANADA IN 1950'S, HE WAS INVOLVED IN DEVELOPMENT OF ORENDA IROQUOIS GAS TURBINE, & LATER IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION & DEVELOPMENT & MARKETING OF ENGINEERING EDUCATIONAL TOOLS. - Function
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INSTRUMENT USED TO MEASURE SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF LIQUIDS, IN THIS CASE TO DETERMINE FREEZING TEMPERATURE OF ANTI-FREEZE. - Technical
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Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- BLUE LETTERED THERMOMETER SCALE FOR 40 TO 160 DEGREES F./BLACK LETTERING ON FLOAT SCALE READS "FLOAT" & "1400N" WITH LETTERING A TO L/ WHITE CHART WITH BLACK & RED NUMBERS READS "FREEZE POINT IN [DEGREES] F."
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT TUBES/ RED-BROWN RUBBER/ WHITE SCALES
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Hydrometer, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 2001.0367, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2001.0367.001/
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