A hydrometer or lactometer is an instrument used for measuring density or relative density of liquids based on the concept of buoyancy. They are typically...

a hydrometer. This consists of a bulb attached to a stalk of constant cross-sectional area, as shown in the adjacent diagram. First the hydrometer is...

referred to as being in 'degrees'. API gravity is graduated in degrees on a hydrometer instrument. API gravity values of most petroleum liquids fall between...

The Fahrenheit hydrometer is a device used to measure the density of a liquid. It was invented by Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736), better known for...

The Baumé scale is a pair of hydrometer scales developed by French pharmacist Antoine Baumé in 1768 to measure density of various liquids. The unit of...

methods such as texture by feel, and quantitative methods such as the hydrometer method based on Stokes' law. Soil texture has agricultural applications...

Certain ships of the United States Navy adopted the use of the hydrometer in the 1850s. Readings taken of the density of seawater contributed to research...

immortalised in an Act of Parliament: Sikes' Hydrometer Act 1816 (56 Geo. 3. c. 140). From 1816 until 1980 the hydrometer was the standard used in the UK to measure...

performed using a hydrometer, and converting the density measurement to extract, the mass fraction of sugars in the wort or beer. Hydrometers can be calibrated...

during the battery life. Some battery manufacturers include a built-in hydrometer to show the state of charge of the battery.[dubious – discuss][clarification...

temperatures and weather reports are still broadcast in Fahrenheit. Fahrenheit hydrometer People from Gdańsk (Danzig) Anders Celsius Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911)...

grain size distribution of fine-grained soils, the hydrometer test may be performed. In the hydrometer tests, the soil particles are mixed with water and...

of sugar in water is greater than the density of alcohol in water. A hydrometer is used to measure the change in specific gravity (SG) of the solution...

measurement of density of materials. Such techniques include the use of a hydrometer (a buoyancy method for liquids), Hydrostatic balance (a buoyancy method...

estimated by measurement of specific gravity using a hydrometer or pycnometer. In modern times, hydrometers are still widely used, but where greater accuracy...

[citation needed] A more reliable method is to use an alcoholmeter or hydrometer. A hydrometer is used during and after the fermentation process to determine...

kenyon.edu/EarlyApparatus/Fluids/Nicholsons_Hydrometer/Nicholsons_Hydrometer.html Nicholson's Hydrometer, kenyon.edu Patent 1748 "Was the First Cylinder...

a temperature of 293.15 K [20.00 °C; 68.00 °F]. It replaced the Sikes hydrometer method of measuring the proof of spirits, which had been used in Britain...

Voltage regulator Ammeter Clinometer Dynamometer Fuel gauge Manometer Hydrometer Odometer (also called milometer or mileometers) Speedometer(also called...

brewing and wine-making industries. Specific gravity is measured by a hydrometer, refractometer, pycnometer or oscillating U-tube electronic meter. The...

be measured by buoyancy, with a hydrometer. The higher the specific gravity of a solution, the higher the hydrometer floats. Apparent attenuation is calculated...

porters were strong beers by modern standards. Early trials with the hydrometer in the 1770s recorded porter as having an original gravity (OG) of 1.071...

Must weight is a measure of the amount of sugar in grape juice (must) and, hence, indicates the amount of alcohol that could be produced if it is all fermented...

the hydrometer was invented before Hypatia, and already known in her time. In this regard, Pappus of Alexandria was recorded as using the hydrometer before...

the solution by measuring the concentration: Specific gravity—(using a hydrometer test strip or some sort of floating indicator), Refractometer—which measures...

significant by the end of the 19th century.[page needed] The development of hydrometers and thermometers changed brewing by allowing the brewer more control...

The Pump-areometer was an early hydrometer (a variant of the syphon-hydrometer), credited to Floris Nollet. The principle is an inverted glass tube with...

varying density Hull (ship) – Watertight buoyant body of a watercraft Hydrometer – Device used to measure density of liquids Hydrostatic weighing – Technique...

classification Atterberg limits California bearing ratio Direct shear test Hydrometer Proctor compaction test R-value Sieve analysis Triaxial shear test Oedometer...

gradation is determined by analyzing the results of a sieve analysis or a hydrometer analysis. The process for grading a soil is in accordance with either...