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Baumé
[ boh-mey, boh-mey ]
noun
- Antoine, 1728–1804, French chemist and inventor.
adjective
- pertaining to, noting, or calibrated according to a Baumé scale.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Baumé1
First recorded in 1835–45
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Example Sentences
If by this the Baumé scale is intended, the corresponding specific gravity would be 1.037.
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Those marked in degrees Baumé or Twaddell, or according to specific gravity, are most commonly used.
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Some perfumers are in the habit of making what may be called extempore soaps, employing lyes at 36° Baumé in their formation.
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It is then impregnated with a solution of tin (at 5° Baumé, according to Vitalis).
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The supernatant liquor is the mordant; it has a density of 11° or 111⁄2° Baumé.
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