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    May 9, 2010, 10:49 AM
    I have a cylinder, hand made in Germany, it is 17
    I have a cylinder filled with liquied and has 7 floating ball,each with a numer,starting with 16 through 28, each has what looks like a degree sign. Was hand made in Germany.could you please help?


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    May 9, 2010, 10:50 AM

    What is it?
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    May 9, 2010, 11:15 AM
    Could you post a picture ?

    Sounds like it might be a hydrometer used in wine making to determined the alcoholic strength.

    Then again it could very well be a thermometer as described here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_Thermometer
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    May 9, 2010, 11:31 AM

    I think it is a room temperature thermometer, in Celsius.

    Those temps are within the room temperature range: Fahrenheit to Celsius Converter
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