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Test-Tube Hydrometer, Shot-Loaded and Calibrated (Boy Mechanic, 1915)
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Test-Tube Hydrometer, Shot-Loaded and Calibrated (Boy Mechanic, 1915)

A hydrometer for specific gravity made from two test tubes: the small one, weighted with shot set in plaster and corked, floats in the liquid held in the large one, and the depth it sinks is read against marks copied from a bought hydrometer.
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An hour plus calibration

Maagizo

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How it floats

Inapakia daftari la Jupyter…
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Read the Boy Mechanic

"The specific gravity of any material is the ratio of the weights of equal volumes of the material and water."
3

Mount the jar

Take two test tubes, one able to hold the other. Stand the large one upright in a hole bored in a small block of wood: it holds the liquid.

Vifaa kwa hatua hii:

Mirija ya majaribioMirija ya majaribio1 kipande
Ubao wa Mti MgumuUbao wa Mti Mgumu1 kipande

Zana zinazohitajika:

Kekee cha mkono chenye nchaKekee cha mkono chenye ncha
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Load the float

Put shot or other heavy metal in the bottom of the small tube until it floats upright: almost wholly under water if it is for liquids heavier than water, only just upright if for lighter ones. Fix the load with a little plaster of Paris.

Vifaa kwa hatua hii:

Mirija ya majaribioMirija ya majaribio1 kipande
Mche wa RisasiMche wa Risasi1 kipande
Plasta ya ParisPlasta ya Paris1 kipande
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Seal it

Push a small cork into the open end and seal it with shellac, or with resin or sealing wax melted over it with a hot soldering iron.

Vifaa kwa hatua hii:

Vizibo vya mziboVizibo vya mzibo1 kipande
Vanishi ya shelakiVanishi ya shelaki1 kipande
Utomvu wa MsonobariUtomvu wa Msonobari1 kipande

Zana zinazohitajika:

Chuma cha kulehemiaChuma cha kulehemia
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Mark the water line

Float it in the large tube filled with pure water (rain water will do, distilled is better) and file a small mark level with the surface. In lighter liquids the mark sinks below the surface; in heavier ones it rises above.

Vifaa kwa hatua hii:

Maji yaliyosafishwa kwa mvukeMaji yaliyosafishwa kwa mvuke1 kipande

Zana zinazohitajika:

Tupa (Tupa ya Mkono)Tupa (Tupa ya Mkono)
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Calibrate

Float your tube and a borrowed hydrometer in the same liquid and mark your tube to match its readings. Starting with a heavy liquid, add water little by little; both float lower each time, giving more marks.

Vifaa kwa hatua hii:

Maji yaliyosafishwa kwa mvukeMaji yaliyosafishwa kwa mvuke1 kipande

Zana zinazohitajika:

Tupa (Tupa ya Mkono)Tupa (Tupa ya Mkono)
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Troubleshooting

Hydrometer troubleshooting.

Flow

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History and honest limits

From **The Boy Mechanic, Book 2** (Popular Mechanics, 1915), p. 456 (checked on the archive.org scan boymechanicbook200chic2). Lead ingot stands in for his shot; the float numbers are our example.

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