Bubble set, hydrostatic
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1800–1825
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.0670.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Corte, James
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Glasgow, Scotland
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 12
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- GLASS BUBBLE; MAHOGANY WOOD CASE HAS SILK LINING & PAPER LABEL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 7.8 cm
- Width
- 7.8 cm
- Height
- 3.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Metrology
- Category
- Specific gravity/density
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Corte
- Country
- Scotland
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Glasgow
Context
- Country
- Worldwide
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THIS TYPE OF SET TYPICALLY USED IN LATE 18TH-EARLY 19TH CENTURIES
- Canada
-
HYDROSTATIC BUBBLES WOULD HAVE BEEN USED BY BRITISH CUSTOMS AGENTS WORKING IN CANADA IN THE LATE 18TH-EARLY 19TH CENTURIES. THEY WOULDHAVE BEEN USED IN ORDER TO CALCULATE LEVY ON SPIRITS, WHICH WAS BASED ON ALCOHOL CONTENT. - Function
-
TO TEST SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF FLUIDS, INCLUDING SPIRITS - Technical
-
ALSO CALLED 'SPIRIT BEADS'. INVENTED IN 1757 BY ALEXANDER WILSON. IMPROVED METHOD OF CALIBRATING DISCOVERED IN 1805 BY ISABELL LOVI (BRITISH PATENT 2826-IN 1805). SIKES HYDROMETER INTRODUCED IN 1817 RAPIDLY REPLACED BUBBLE SETS (REF.1) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ALL BULBS BEAR NUMBER ETCHED IN GLASS:.1-.11 MARKED '22' TO '32'/ BOX PT: PAPER LABEL INSIDE LID READS: 'Hydrostatical/ Glafs/ BUBBLES/ To prive spirits/ by/ JAS CORTE GLASGOW'. LABEL ALSO BEARS CALIBRATION SCALE: 'Alcohol 14/ Spirit of Wine 15 16 17/ 18/ High Wines 19/ 20/ 21/ D. Whisky 22/ 23/ 24/ Doub Rum 25 26 27/ Proof 28/ 29/ 30/ British Spirits 32 34 37/ Very Weak 40/ 43/ 50/ Grogg 56' [NB FORMATTING ALTERED FOR CLARITY]
- Missing
- NONE From CA of 12/10/2001 by David Daley: No - Complete
- Finish
- CLEAR GLASS BUBBLE/ TURNED & POLISHED MAHOGANY CASE; BLACK SILK LINING IN BASE.
- Decoration
- N/A
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