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Bau⋅mé

  [boh-mey, boh-mey]
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–noun
1. Antoine, 1728–1804, French chemist and inventor.
–adjective
2. pertaining to, noting, or calibrated according to a Baumé scale.
Origin:
1835–45
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Bau·mé   (bō-mā')   
French pharmacist who invented a process for making sal ammonia and in 1768 devised an improved hydrometer using the scale that now bears his name.
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Main Entry: Bau·mé
Variants: also Bau·me or Beau·mé /bO-'mA, 'bO-(")mA/
Function: adjective
: being, measured according to, or calibrated in accordance with a Baumé scale Baumé hydrometer>
Bauámé /bO-mA,/ Antoine(1728–1804), French chemist. Baumé operated a pharmacy and dispensary and designed industrial and laboratory apparatus. In 1768 he designed a hydrometer with a scale having twofixed points (the density of distilled water and that of a salt solution of known concentration), thus enabling the production of properly calibrated instruments. The scale has been named after him,and his name serves as an adjective indicating relationship to or use of the scale.
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Baumé Bau·mé (bō-mā'), Antoine. 1728-1804.

French pharmacist who invented a process for making sal ammonia and in 1768 devised an improved hydrometer using the scale that now bears his name.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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