Hydrometer
Hydrometer
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- Description
- Glass hydrometer with shot ballast, and paper label reading “Quevennes Lactometer Tp. 60° F.” A smaller paper label reads “EIMER & AMEND, N.Y.” In 1841, T. A. Quevenne, chief pharmacist at the Hopital de la Charité in Paris, described a hydrometric method of determining the richness (fat content) and purity of milk.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Hydrometer, Lactometer
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- lead (overall material)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- average spatial: 21.5 cm x 2.3 cm; x 8 7/16 in x 7/8 in
- overall in box: 1 1/8 in x 13 1/4 in x 1 1/16 in; 2.8575 cm x 33.655 cm x 2.69875 cm
- ID Number
- 1993.0162.02
- catalog number
- 1993.0162.02
- accession number
- 1993.0162
- Credit Line
- Rutgers State University of New Jersey, Cook College, Department of Food Science
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- Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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