Weight
Category
Scientific instruments
Date
1901 - 1940
Materials
Brass
Measurements
10 mm (Height); 1 mm (Diameter)
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525282.4
Summary
Brass weight for hydrometer. This is a small brass disc with a slot cut to a central hole to allow the weight to be placed into the rod below the floatation sphere of the hydrometer. This is engraved 30 (?grams) and 3050.
Provenance
Part of the Fenton Collection. A gift from British Film Institute in 2017. From 1986-1999, part of BFI collection for the Museum of the Moving Image. BFI purchased collection in 1986 from James Fenton's Museum of Photography, Port Erin, Isle of Man 1976-1986