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Stem hydrometer
    • Setting:
      Room VIII
    • Maker:
      unknown
    • Place:
      Florence
    • Date:
      mid-17th cent.
    • Materials:
      glass
    • Dimensions:
      length 140 mm
    • Inventory:
      3742
    • Stem hydrometer (Inv. 3742)

Hydrometer with a stem ending in two spherical bulbs of different sizes. The stem, graduated with green enamel dots, has a ring-shaped top. The smaller bulb contains lead pellets.