General Information

Serial #

NRL-ME-7506

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

NON-FERROUS METAL/ WOOD BOX WITH METAL HARDWARE

Dimensions

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

Length

22.4 cm

Width

6.5 cm

Height

5.2 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Physics

Category

Hydrostatics & fluid mechanics

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

MOELLER

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New York

City

New York

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

Unknown

Canada

EXAMPLE OF EQUIPMENT USED AT LARGEST RESEARCH INSTITUTION IN CANADA DURING PERIOD OF ITS MOST RAPID GROWTH, GREATEST PRODUCTIVITY & DURING WHICH IT DEVELOPED WORLD RENOWNED REPUTATION. IT WAS USED AT MARINE DYNAMICS LAB (M22).

Function

INSTRUMENT USED TO MEASURE SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF LIQUIDS, POSSIBLY SEA WATER.

Technical

EXAMPLE OF HYDROMETER USED IN MARINE DYNAMICS LAB, POSSIBLY FOR SEA WATER, WITH ZERO ON SCALE FOR DEIONIZRD WATER. SCALE STARTS AT BOTTOM AT 25 & RISES TO 00 BY INCREMENTS OF 5, WITH TEMPERATURE OF 60 DEGREES F. AT TOP.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

INCISED LETTERING ON HYDROMETER READS "MOELLER INST. CO. NYC USA" & "NRL-ME-7506" ON ONE SIDE, WITH SCALE FOR O TO 25 AT TEMPERATURE OF 60 DEGREES F. ON OTHER/ "NRL-ME-7506" INCISED BY HAND ON CASE LID INTERIOR

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE From CA of 02/12/2002 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete

Finish

PLATED HYDROMETER/ BOX PAINTED BLACK

Decoration

N/A