Hydrometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SIKES
- DATE
- 1829–1860
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1994.0431.001
- MANUFACTURER
- LONG, JOSEPH
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- London, England
More Information
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
- N/A
- 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
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