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Stem hydrometer
    • Setting:
      Room VIII
    • Maker:
      unknown
    • Place:
      Florence
    • Date:
      mid-17th cent.
    • Materials:
      glass
    • Dimensions:
      length 215 mm
    • Inventory:
      187
    • Stem hydrometer (Inv. 187)

Hydrometer consisting of a graduated stem with white enamel dots. The bulb has three glass rings from which an iron disk is suspended by means of small chains. This type of instrument was probably intended for measuring the density of wines.