barkometern.
/bɑːˈkɒmɪtə/ A tanner's hydrometer for testing the strength of bark infusions.
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1821 J. Swan (title) Explanation of improved mode of Tanning;..intended to accompany the New Invented Barktrometer [sic].
1821 J. Swan Explan. of Improved Mode of Tanning 40 Though you show us, by the assistance of your new Barktrometer that there is a something derived from the bark of which it shows the quantity.
1852 C. Morfit Art of Tanning, Currying, & Leather-dressing (1853) 329 A barkometer..is specially adapted to testing the strength of bark lyes.
1882 Paton in Encycl. Brit. XIV. 382/2 One of the commonest plans for ascertaining the strength of the tan liquor technically called ooze, or wooze, is by means of a kind of hydrometer called a barkometer.
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