Improved brewing hydrometer

Made:
1815-1825 in Bermondsey
maker:
Dring and Fage
Improved brewing hydrometer, no

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Improved brewing hydrometer, no
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Improved brewing hydrometer, no. 9932, by Dring and Fage, 20 Tooley Street, London, England, c. 1820. With one weight, brass, blind scale thermometer with ivory index.

Details

Category:
Experimental Chemistry
Object Number:
1954-379
Materials:
brass (copper, zinc alloy) and mahogany (wood)
type:
hydrometer
credit:
National Maritime Museum