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108299 2016.0145.002 Case hydrometer Wood fabric leather and metal. 112   Unknown Germany   Nuremberg 1892   circa   2 Exterior: Wooden case wrapped in black fabric?. Non-ferrous silver metal clasp. Interior: Lined in cream coloured leather. Lining is molded to fit hydrometer securely. Taken from acquisition worksheet: The lactometer belonged to a German veterinarian and meat inspector Karl Johann Hochstein whose descendants now live in Canada. Hochstein was born according to Beate Kuprath on March 28 1873 in √úhlfeld N√ºrnberg (Nuremberg) and died in Lauf/Pegnitz in 1966. A lactometer assesses the purity of a milk sample by measuring its fat content. Taken from acquisition worksheet: Lactometers such as these were used to assess the purity of milk. The mercury-filled instrument would float in relation to the fat content of the milk. If the milk had been adulterated with water the lactometer would sink and give a reading indicating water content on a graduated scale. Governments in Europe and North America took responsibility for milk inspection in the last half of the nineteenth century as consumers began protesting about adulterated foods. ¬ìConsumer anxieties about hygiene and food safety emerged as food systems expanded and industrialized. Scandals in milk processing and meat-packing revealed lax standards and inspection and as Ann Vileisis argues the increasing ¬ìscale complexity and anonymity¬î of North American food production. Governments responded with increased surveillance and regulation: Canada¬ís Food Adulteration Act of 1874 and the Pure Food and Drug Act in the United States in 1906 sought to restore confidence in food production through regulatory standards and inspection.¬î While this instrument was used in Germany it is similar to the type of instrument used in North America. Agriculture Dairying Test equipment             wood;fibre;skin;metal 27.5 5 4.5       http://source.techno-science.ca/artifacts-artefacts/images/2016.0145.002.aa.cs.png http://source.techno-science.ca/artifacts-artefacts/images/2016.0145.002.aa.cs.thumb.png