| RefNo | MOB/052 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Saccharometer by Robert Bate |
| Artist | Bate, Brettel Robert |
| Date | c.1836 |
| Description | A saccharometer with hinged wooden case, comprising a collection of weights and a stem with scale inscribed. Manufactured by Robert Bate for the Royal Society's Excise Committee. |
| Extent | 1 instrument |
| ObjectName | Scientific Instrument |
| Materials | Brass, wood |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Provenance | Commissioned by the Excise Committee for a Treasury sponsored project: to devise a simple and practicable instrument to be used by excisemen in assesing the strength of spirits, wine and beer. Committee resolved that the hydrometer was preferable to the saccharometer: 'any instrument, being a Hydrometer, which is used as a Saccharometer, giving indications in degrees of specific gravity, is preferable in principle to one indicating by arbitrary degrees. ' [CMB/67/17] |
| RelatedRecord | CMB/67/17 |
| URLDescription | Digital version available on The Royal Society Picture Library |
| URL | https://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-8466 |