General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

14

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 BRASS (PLATED?)/.2-.11 BRASS/.12 WOOD WITH METAL (PROBABLY BRASS)/.13 BASE OF PLASTIC (IMITATION IVORY) OR BONE, GLASSTHERMOMETER WITH BRASS FITTINGS, MERCURY INSIDE, FIBRE CORD AT TOP/.14 WOOD WITH METAL HARDWARE (BRASS & FERROUS METAL), VELVET LINING, IMITATION IVORY INLAY

Dimensions

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

Length

16.5 cm

Width

N/A

Height

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Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

3.8 cm

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Physics

Category

Hydrostatics & fluid mechanics

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

LONG

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

City

London

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Nova Scotia

Period

PROBABLY THROUGH THE LAST HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY

Canada

HYDROMETERS SUCH AS THESE WERE USED IN PUBS & BY CANADIAN CUSTOMS & EXCISE OFFICERS

Function

USED TO DETERMINE SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF A LIQUID/ MOST SIKES' HYDROMETERS WERE USED IN PUBS TO MEASURE THE SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF BEER BEING BREWED, OR WERE USED BY CUSTOMS & EXCISE OFFICIALS TO MEASURE THE STRENGTH OF SPIRITS

Technical

EXAMPLE OF A VERY POPULAR TYPE OF HYDROMETER MADE BY SEVERAL ENGLISH MAKERS/ THIS TYPE WAS WIDELY USED IN THE BREWING TRADE & BY CUSTOMS & EXCISE

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 ALONG SHAFT 'LONG Little Tower St. LONDON, [I]P', '20 600 SIKES [I]P 51[DEGREE SIGN]'; ON SMALL BULB & ON STEM NEAR IT '20 600'; HAS SCALE MK'D 0 TO 10 INCL./.2-.10 EA. MK'D '20 600' ON UNDERSIDE & 'JL' ON UPPER SIDE, ALONG WITH:.2 '10';.3 '20';.4 '30';.5 '40';.6 '50';.7 '60';.8 '70';.9 '80';.10 '90'/.11 ONLY MK'D '20 600'/.12 ALONG EDGE 'J.LONG 20 LITTLE TOWER ST. LONDON'; EACH SIDE HAS 3 SCALES, VARIOUSLY NUMBERED, WITH THE MIDDLE ONE INCLUDING THE WORD 'PROOF'/.13 'BY APPOINTMENT/ J. LONG/ 20 LITTLE TOWER ST./ LONDON' & SCALE NUMBERED '110/ 100/ 90/ 80/ 70/ 60/ 50/ 40'/.14 ON INLAY 'SIKES'S HYDROMETER/ BY JOSEPH LONG/ '20 LITTLE TOWER ST. LONDON/ MAKER TO THE INDIAN & COLONIAL/ GOVERNMENTS'

Missing

N/A

Finish

.1 BRIGHT BRASS COLOUR, 2 CIRCLES OF RED COPPER CORROSION & WEAR VISIBLE ON BALL SECTION/.2-.11 BRASS COLOUR/.12 LIGHT GOLD-BROWN WOOD WITH BRASS COLOUR FITTINGS/.13 BASE IS YELLOWED, SOME AREAS DARKER THAN OTHERS, BLACK MKGS; FITTINGS BRASS COLOURED; THERMOMETER APPEARS WHITE WITH THIN SILVER LINE OF MERCURY; PURPLE CORD/.14 REDDISH BROWN VENEER ON OUTSIDE, INLAY IN OFF-WHITE, SOMEWHAT YELLOWED, BLACK MKGS; PURPLE LINING

Decoration

.13 HAS COAT-OF-ARMS TYPE DESIGN, INCLUDING LION & UNICORN/.14 INLAY IN RECTANGULAR SHAPE WITH CUT-OUT CORNERS, HAS SAME DESIGN ON IT AS IS ON.13