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Hydrometer   /haɪdrˈɑmətər/   Listen
Hydrometer

noun
1.
A measuring instrument for determining the specific gravity of a liquid or solid.  Synonym: gravimeter.



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"Hydrometer" Quotes from Famous Books



... in a hot solution of either niter cake or sulphuric acid and water at a temperature of 170 deg.F., and using a solution of about 25 per cent. The solution was maintained at a constant point by taking hydrometer readings two or three times a day, maintaining a reading of about 1.175. Sixty forked or one hundred single rods were placed in wooden racks and immersed in a lead-lined vat 30 by 30 by 5 ft. long. The rack was lowered or lifted by means of an air hoist and ...
— The Working of Steel - Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of Carbon and Alloy Steel • Fred H. Colvin
... glad to get your letter, as I thought you must be due about this time, and I had not heard of your arrival. I can imagine no change for the worse equal to that of coming from the blue sky and thermometer of Andalusia to the fogs and hydrometer of London, and your impaired respiratory organs must make that change ...
— Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Henry Reeve, C.B., D.C.L. - In Two Volumes. VOL. II. • John Knox Laughton


Words linked to "Hydrometer" :   thermogravimeter, hydrometric, salinometer, measuring system, gravimeter, measuring device, measuring instrument, thermohydrometer


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