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- OBJECT TYPE
- SUGAR/ALCOHOL
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2001.0366.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 GLASS TUBE WITH PAPER? SCALE/.2 PLASTIC/.3 PLASTIC
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 24.1 cm
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- 1.9 cm
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Metrology
- Category
- Specific gravity/density
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
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FROM ESTATE OF MR. E. EDWARD JONES, F.I. MECH. E.C. ENG., P. ENG. (1908-1994), BRITISH BORN & EDUCATED ENGINEER. AFTER COMING TO CANADA IN 1950'S, HE WAS INVOLVED IN DEVELOPMENT OF ORENDA IROQUOIS GAS TURBINE, & LATER IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION & DEVELOPMENT & MARKETING OF ENGINEERING EDUCATIONAL TOOLS. - Function
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INSTRUMENT USED TO MEASURE SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF LIQUIDS, IN THIS CASE ALCOHOL CONTENT OF BEER BY VOLUME & SUGAR IN LBS & OZS PER GALLON. - Technical
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Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 BLACK LETTERING ON ONE SIDE OF SCALE READS "TO FIND ALCOHOL CONTENT: FIRST TAKE READING BEFORE/FERMENTATION STARTS, AND NOTE, TAKE READING WHEN/ FERMENT IS FINISHED. SUBTRACT IT FROM FIRST/ READING/ 17%,LAST.2%=17-2%=15%"; SCALE MARKED "ALCOHOL/ BY VOLUME" & "BOTTLE BEER/ BETWEEN/ RED LINE/ Br 1.000" WITH SCALE MARKINGS FOR 0 TO 25%/.1 BLACK LETTERING ON OTHER SIDE OF SCALE READS "TAKE SUGAR READING BEFORE ADDING SUGAR. SUBTRACT/ AMOUNT SHOWN FROM AMOUNT REQUIRED FOR FINAL/ STRENGTH DESIRED, EXAMPLE: AMOUNT SHOWN 9 OZS/ AMOUNT REQUIRED - 3 LB.= 3 LB-9 OZ=2 LB 7 OZ TO ADD"; SCALE MARKED "SUGAR SCALE/ IN/ LBS & OZS" & "PER/ GALLON" WITH SCALE MARKINGS FOR 0 TO 4
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- .1 COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT GLASS WITH BLACKENED END, WHITE SCALE/.2 COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT TUBE WITH WHITE END CAPS/.3 COLOURLESS & TRANSPARENT, NOW YELLOWED
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Hydrometer, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 2001.0366, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2001.0366.001/
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