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Definition of Hydrometers
1. hydrometer [n] - See also: hydrometer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hydrometers
Literary usage of Hydrometers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lessons in Elementary Practical Physics by Balfour Stewart, William Winson Haldane Gee (1885)
"These are small 2 For a full account of various hydrometers see (1) the Reports
from the Secretary of the US Treasury of Scientific Investigation in ..."
2. Lessons in Elementary Practical Physics by Balfour Stewart, William Winson Haldane Gee (1885)
"It differs from the hydrometers we have described in being provided with a series
of weights for extending the range of the instrument ..."
3. A Complete Treatise on the Electro-deposition of Metals by Georg Langbein (1898)
"hydrometers graded to read direct the specific gravity of liquids in comparison
with that of water, taking this as represented by 1.o00; hydrometers graded ..."
4. Mechanical Devices in the Home by Edith Louise Allen (1922)
"Specific-gravity hydrometers used in the household show the ratio of the weight of
... Arbitrary scale hydrometers are used to indicate the concentration or ..."
5. Elements of Chemical Physics by Josiah Parsons Cooke (1886)
"hydrometers. — In this method, the balance is not used, but its place is supplied
by floating bodies of peculiar construction, called hydrometers. ..."
6. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1906)
"For the more convenient determination of the density of liquids, instruments
called hydrometers are used. The form of hydrometer generally used in mill work ..."
7. Chemistry of Materials of the Machine and Building Industries by Robert Benjamin Leighou (1917)
"Upon this principle hydrometers are constructed. These instruments are usually
of glass so designed and made that when floating, the long axis is in the ..."
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