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twaddell's hydrometer
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twaddell's hydrometer, n. [After one Twaddell , its inventor.].
A form of hydrometer for liquids heavier than water, graduated with an arbitrary scale such that the readings when multiplied by .005 and added to unity give the specific gravity. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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