Museo Galileo - Sphere for hydrometer

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Section of Room VIII

- Setting:
  
  Room VIII
- Maker:
  
  unknown
- Place:
  
  Florence
- Date:
  
  mid-17th cent.
- Materials:
  
  glass
- Dimensions:
  
  height ca. 65 mm, diameter ca. 55 mm
- Inventory:
  
  3739

Glass sphere with round aperture. Probably part of a hydrometer.

Typology

- Hydrometer