Clarke's improved hydrometer

Made:
1792 in Bermondsey
maker:
Dring and Fage
Clarke's improved hydrometer, no

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Clarke's improved hydrometer, no. 5926, by Dring and Fage, 248 Tooley Street (near London Bridge), London, England, 1792. With 34 weights and ivory thermometer in mahogany case.

Details

Category:
Experimental Chemistry
Object Number:
1954-371
Materials:
brass (copper, zinc alloy) and mahogany (wood)
type:
hydrometer
credit:
National Maritime Museum