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BAUME
Bau`mé", a.
Definition: Designating or conforming to either of the scales used by the French chemist Antoine BaumĂ© in the graduation of his hydrometers; of or relating to BaumĂ©'s scales or hydrometers. There are two BaumĂ© hydrometers. One, which is used with liquids heavier than water, sinks to 0Âș in pure water, and to 15Âș in a 15 per cent salt solution; the other, for liquids lighter than water, sinks to 0Âș in a 10 per cent salt solution and to 10Âș in pure water. In both cases the graduation, based on the distance between these fundamental points, is continued along the stem as far as desired. Since all the degrees on a BaumĂ© scale are thus equal in length, while those on a specific- gravity scale grow smaller as the density increases, there is no simple relation between degrees BĂ©. and Sp. gr. However, readings on BaumĂ©s scale may be approximately reduced to specific gravities by the following formulĂŠ (x in each case being the reading on BaumĂ©'s scale) : (a) for liquids heavier than water, sp. gr. = 144 Ă· (144 - x); (b) for liquids lighter than water, sp. gr. = 144 Ă· (134 + x).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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