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Hydrometer
Hydrometer in a wooden case with key. The hydrometer is glass with mercury in the bulb; paper scale in the top of the hydrometer tube runs 0-100. The box also contains 6 differently sized brass parts, each punched with a number from 2 to 7; one missing (no. 1). Brass parts 2 and 5 are washers, parts 1, 3, 5, and 4 are plugs. Felt lined recess.
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Object Details
| ID: | NAV0991 |
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| Collection: | Oceanography |
| Type: | Hydrometer |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Bubo |
| Date made: | circa 1902 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Donated by Marine Scotland Marine Laboratory (14.08.1967) |
| Measurements: | Overall: 330 mm; Diameter: 35 mm |
| Parts: | Hydrometer |
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