Hydrometer
Hydrometer
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- Description
- Glass hydrometer with ballast, and paper label marked “MADE IN U.S.A. PERCENTAGE OF PROOF SPIRITS AT 60° F. KIMBLE GLASS COMPANY.” Another paper label is marked “U.S. BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE / STANDARD HYDROMETER” and “SERIES OF 1945.” Evan Kimble established the Kimble Glass Co., in Chicago, in 1902, and later relocated to Vineland, N.J.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Hydrometer
- maker
- Kimble Glass Company
- Physical Description
- lead (overall material)
- glass (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 30.4 cm x 2.5 cm; 11 15/16 in x in
- overall in box: 1 3/8 in x 12 3/4 in x 1 1/2 in; 3.4925 cm x 32.385 cm x 3.81 cm
- ID Number
- 1996.0015.03
- accession number
- 1996.0015
- catalog number
- 1996.0015.03
- Credit Line
- U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Reference Library
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- Medicine and Science: Chemistry
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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