Lactometer vs. Hydrometer — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Lactometer and Hydrometer
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Lactometer
A device used to measure the specific gravity, and therefore the richness, of milk.
Hydrometer
A measuring instrument for determining the specific gravity of a liquid or solid
Lactometer
A device that estimates the cream content of milk by measuring its specific gravity.
Hydrometer
A hydrometer is an instrument used for measuring the relative density of liquids based on the concept of buoyancy. They are typically calibrated and graduated with one or more scales such as specific gravity.
Lactometer
An instrument for estimating the purity or richness of milk, as a measuring glass, a specific gravity bulb, or other apparatus.
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Hydrometer
An instrument used to determine specific gravity, especially a sealed, graduated tube, weighted at one end, that sinks in a fluid to a depth used as a measure of the fluid's specific gravity.
Hydrometer
An instrument that floats in a liquid and measures its specific gravity on a scale.
Hydrometer
An instrument for determining the specific gravities of liquids, and thence the strength spirituous liquors, saline solutions, etc.
Hydrometer
An instrument, variously constructed, used for measuring the velocity or discharge of water, as in rivers, from reservoirs, etc., and called by various specific names according to its construction or use, as tachometer, rheometer, hydrometer, pendulum, etc.; a current gauge.
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