Hydrometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- BAUME/SPECIFIC GRAVITY
- DATE
- 1960–1970
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2003.0028.001
- MANUFACTURER
- SARGENT
- MODEL
- S-41915
- LOCATION
- United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- GLASS TUBE WITH PAPER SCALE, METAL BASE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 38.5 cm
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- 1.7 cm
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Metrology
- Category
- Specific gravity/density
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- SARGENT
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
INSTRUMENT USED TO MEASURE SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF LIQUIDS. - Technical
-
THIS HYDROMETER APPEARS IN SEVERAL SARGENT CATALOGUES OF 1960S. IT HAD SPECIFIC GRAVITY SCALE & WAS USED FOR LIGHT & HEAVY LIQUIDS, HAD WIDE RANGE, 400 MM, WITH SMOOTH SHAFT, SHOT BALLAST & CEMENTED PAPER SCALE; RANGE 0.700-2.000 IN INTERVALS OF 0.010 (REF. 2). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- BLACK LETTERING ON SCALE READS "BAUME-SPECIFIC GRAVITY TEMP. 60 [DEGREES] F. Made in U.S.A." & "UNIVERSAL", WITH MARKINGS & NUMBERINGS FOR 70 TO 70 & 2000 TO 0700
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- COLOURLESS & TRANSPARENT GLASS/ WHITE PAPER/ METALLIC BULB
- Decoration
- N/A
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SARGENT, Hydrometer, between 1960–1970, Artifact no. 2003.0028, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2003.0028.001/
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