Hydrometer#Saccharometer

A saccharometer ( sugar meters ), also Saccharimeter, is a device for determining the concentration of a sugar solution.

The saccharometer one of the hydrometers and was invented in 1843 by Carl Joseph Napoleon Balling. It revolutionized the wine and beer production, because now the original wort content of Suds could be accurately determined with the wine, the sugar content of the must and beer. While it was, further developed in the wine industry ( for example, by August Wilhelm von Babo ), it is in the brewery until today an indispensable tool dar. It is produced in versions with or without thermometer and with many different measuring ranges ( scale values ​​) and thermometer measurement ranges offered.