Glass instrument used to measure the density of sugar solutions at 60 F, most commonly used in the production of alcohol. At the very bottom is a bulb with a nib inside of which are several very small black ball bearings; above the bulb is a 13cm empty cylinder which tapers up to a very thin cylinder containing paper printed with the numbers used in measuring, this smaller cylinder is 12cm long. The paper contained within the thinner cylinder has both wide and small dash marks, numbers marking the wider dash marks start at the top at "0" and counts by twos up to "24" at the bottom of this thin area; There is a thin red line encircling the cylinder towards the top, it is marking the number "2"; "Balling's Saccharometer; Temp. 60° F." is printed along the side of the measuring marks. Object is contained in its original box which is brown and very visibly worn, there is water damage and discoloration in several places and the base has two pieces of masking tape being used to hold it together. This object has multiple parts, the saccharometer (12.37a), the box lid (12.37b), and the box base (12.37c).