Engraved plate by C Haussard, showing an illustration of an areometer, taken from 'Memoires sur la Meteorologie' by le P Cotte. Cotte, Canon of the Cathedral of Laon in France, and a man of scientific letters, was encouraged to write the book after the success of his earlier treatise on meteorology. He was linked with the Academie des Sciences in Paris and the Meteorological Society of the Palatinate at Mannheim, amongst others. His published work was very well illustrated with the best equipment of his day. An areometer is a form of hydrometer, an instrument for measuring the specific gravity of fluids

Picture Reference: 10313270
Subject: NATURAL WORLD > Meteorology > Measurement, Climate & Weather
Credit: Science Museum Library

Keywords: 1780-1818, 18th, 18th Century, Areometers, Century, Climate, Cotte, Le P, Diagram, Environmental, Environmental Science, France, French, Gravity, Haussard, C, Hydrometers, Illustration, Industrial Revolution, Instrument, Man-made, Man Made, Measurement, Measurement, Climate & Weather, Meteorological, Meteorological Instruments, Natural World, Object, Specific Gravity, Specific, Weather

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