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Also erron. Beaumé.
The name of a French chemist, Antoine Baumé (1728–1804), the inventor, in 1768, of a hydrometer, of which the scale is uniformly graduated. Used in the possessive, also attrib. and ellipt., to denote the scale introduced by him.
1844G. Fownes Man. Chem. 545 Hydrometer Tables. Comparison of the degrees of Baumé's Hydrometer, with the real specific gravities. a1877Knight Dict. Mech. II 1153/2 The following table shows the specific gravity corresponding to different degrees of Beaumé. 1877Proc. Amer. Chem. Soc. I. ii. 11 The degree Beaumé..is equal to the fractional part of the number expressing the corresponding specific gravity. Ibid. 13, I have adopted an even scale of which 1°.805 is equal to 1°, Beaumé. Ibid., The coarse Beaumé areometer..is commonly used in the arts. 1884Mem. Nat. Acad. Sci. III. 63 The degrees on the Baumé scale are entirely arbitrary, and bear no obvious relation to the specific gravity of the liquid. 1886Harper's Mag. Jan. 248/1 All that is below 60° B. (Baumé, standard of density)..is turned into a tank for kerosene distillates. 1951Good Housek. Home Encycl. 486/1 If a hydrometer is available, test the strength of the syrup, which should register 25° Beaumé or 37° Balling. |