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Stem hydrometer
    • Setting:
      Room VIII
    • Maker:
      unknown
    • Place:
      Florence
    • Date:
      mid-17th cent.
    • Materials:
      glass
    • Dimensions:
      length 100 mm
    • Inventory:
      188
    • Stem hydrometer (Inv. 188)

Small hydrometer whose stem is graduated with black and white enamel dots. The stem ends in two bulbs of different sizes, both containing lead pellets.