Summary
Set of three normal alcoholometers. Used at Melbourne Observatory as part of its responsibility for administering weights and measures standards for Victoria.
An alcoholometer measures the alcoholic strength of spirits.
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Collection Names
Melbourne Observatory Collection, Weights and Measures Collection
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Acquisition Information
Transfer from Melbourne Observatory, 1945
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Melbourne Observatory, South Yarra, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa 1963-1944
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Items are marked "Fur jeden grad uber 0=1 pr. ct. ab und fur jeden grad unter 0=1 pr. ct. zugerechnetn. Richter. Normal alkoholometer Reamur" which means "for every degree above 0.1 perct. and for every degree below 0.1 perct. reckoned according to Richter. Normal alcoholometer acc. to Richter & Tralles. Temp. 0=12 1/2 degrees Reaumur".
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