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IX.33 Stem hydrometer
Maker: unknown
Place:Florence
Date:mid-17th cent.
Materials:glass
Dimensions:length 125 mm
Current inventory:178
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Hydrometer consisting of a short stem, graduated with enamel dots and ending in two bulbs of different diameters. The smaller bulb contains lead pellets; the liquid in the larger one is almost certainly acquarzente.

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