Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A hydrometer that determines the amount of sugar in a solution from density measurements.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A form of hydrometer designed to indicate the amount of sugar in a solution.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A saccharimeter.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
hydrometer used to measure thesugar content of a liquid
Etymologies
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Examples
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This is a hard time for almost any man, who feels his random mind dipped into with a spirit-gauge and a saccharometer.
Mary Anerley Richard Doddridge 2004
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The reason is obvious from what has been said of the test by the optical saccharometer.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 315, January 14, 1882 Various
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The presence of starch glucose in sugar-house molasses may be easily detected by the optical saccharometer when the sirup has the usual density of about 40° B., and when starch sugar has been added in the usual quantities.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 315, January 14, 1882 Various
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However, this difficulty will soon be overcome; and, indeed, although it is impossible to practice gallizing without a saccharometer, we may get at the surplus of acids with tolerable certainty by the results shown by the saccharometer.
The Cultivation of The Native Grape, and Manufacture of American Wines George Husmann
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The saccharometer will indicate the amount of sugar in the must, and its use is so simple, that every one can soon become familiar with it.
The Cultivation of The Native Grape, and Manufacture of American Wines George Husmann
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For making the test the usual weight should be taken (16.35 grammes for Duboscq's saccharometer, and 26.048 grammes for Ventzke's instrument).
Scientific American Supplement, No. 315, January 14, 1882 Various
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If the saccharometer shows too great or too little reduction, the matter is easily regulated by varying the steam pressure in the evaporator by means of a valve in the supply pipe.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 360, November 25, 1882 Various
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His scientific researches into the chemistry of fermentation are of importance; a saccharometer invented by him in
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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The juice tested by the saccharometer showed that the youngest had
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The raw juice of maize, when cultivated for sugar, marks 10° on the saccharometer, while the average of cane juice (as I am informed) is not higher than 8°, and beet juice not over 3°.
hernesheir commented on the word saccharometer
(n): a hydrometer used to determine the sugar content of solutions, primarily used by brewers and oenologists.
January 4, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word saccharometer
"Since he would show 'the manner of using the thermometer and saccharometer' 'rendered easy to any capacity,' he established himself as master of the mystery."
—Sarah Hand Meacham, Every Home a Distillery: Alcohol, Gender, and Technology in the Colonial Chesapeake (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009), 97
June 9, 2010