Hydrometer

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OBJECT TYPE
UNIFORM SCALE
DATE
1940
ARTIFACT NUMBER
1987.0854.001
MANUFACTURER
Cossor
MODEL
Unknown
LOCATION
London, England

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General Information

Serial #
873
Part Number
1
Total Parts
1
AKA
N/A
Patents
N/A
General Description
GLASS TUBE/ METAL? BALLS IN BULB/ PAPER? SCALE/ CARDBOARD TUBE.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length
N/A
Width
26.1 cm
Height
5.2 cm
Thickness
N/A
Weight
N/A
Diameter
N/A
Volume
N/A

Lexicon

Group
Meteorology
Category
Miscellaneous
Sub-Category
N/A

Manufacturer

AKA
Cossor
Country
England
State/Province
Unknown
City
London

Context

Country
Unknown
State/Province
Unknown
Period
Unknown
Canada
Unknown
Function
INSTRUMENT FOR DETERMINING THE SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF A LIQUID OR SUSPENSION, INDICATING GRAMS OF SUSPENDED MATERIAL PER LITRE.
Technical
AN EXAMPLE OF A BRITISH MADE HYDROMETER, MARKED 'MO', PROBABLY FOR 'METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE'. IT HAS AN ARBITRARY SCALE WITH UNIFROM GRADUATIONS RATHER THAN A DIRECT READING SCALE WITH INCREMENTS MUCH SMALLER AT THE LOWER END THAN THE UPPER TO INDICATE ACTUAL DENSITY (REF. 1).
Area Notes
Unknown

Details

Markings
SCALE MARKED 35 TO 15, '873' WITH BRITISH METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE LOGO, 'COSSOR', 'LONDON', 'GRAMS PER LITRE @ 28 S.A.'.
Missing
N/A
Finish
CLEAR, COLOURLESS GLASS/ MAROON PAPER COVERING ON TUBE.
Decoration
N/A

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