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Stem hydrometer
    • Setting:
      Room VIII
    • Maker:
      unknown
    • Place:
      Florence
    • Date:
      mid-17th cent.
    • Materials:
      glass
    • Dimensions:
      length 125 mm
    • Inventory:
      3741
    • Stem hydrometer (Inv. 3741)

Hydrometer consisting of a pipe-shaped phial, open at the top and ending in two bulbs. The smaller bulb has a pointed shape and contains mercury. The phial, which is not graduated, has two enamel spouts, one white, one black.

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