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   Hi, Dallas!  Recently you wrote in a message to Alexander Koryagin:   
      
   AK>  It looks like a usual glass thermometer, but in reality   
   AK>  it floats vertically, like a fishing float and has a scale   
   AK>  on its side. If you put it into a glass of alcohol it will   
   AK>  show you its purity. ;-) That scale maybe is in degrees,   
   AK>  although I am not sure.   
      
   DH>  We have those for wine making, called a wine hydrometer -   
   DH>  it measures specific gravity, potential alcohol, and has a   
   DH>  Brix scale, among other options.   
      
      
             Ah.  I looked up "Brix scale" because I didn't remember the term,   
   and confirmed that it's used in making wine & measures in degrees as does the   
   Plato scale generally used in the brewing industry.  Either way it's a   
   measurement of sugar content by mass, however.  I saw no mention of distilled   
   alcohol....  :-)   
      
      
      
      
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