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Stem hydrometer
    • Setting:
      Room VIII
    • Maker:
      unknown
    • Place:
      Florence
    • Date:
      mid-17th cent.
    • Materials:
      glass
    • Dimensions:
      length 180 mm
    • Inventory:
      217
    • Stem hydrometer (Inv. 217)

Hydrometer consisting of a stem with white and black enamel graduations. It ends in two bulbs, one of which contains mercury. This type of instrument was probably intended for measuring the density of wines.