Baumé scale

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The original scale used on the Baumé type of densimeter to quantify the density of liquids.

Word forms

Baumé scale

Etymology

From the name of French pharmacist and chemist Antoine Baumé (1724-1804).

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