Bartholomew Sikes
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Bartholomew Sikes (died 1803)[1] was an officer in the employ of HM Excise who in the late 18th century perfected a device by which the alcoholic content of a liquid can be measured.[2] The success of the device caused his name to be immortalised in an Act of Parliament: Sikes' Hydrometer Act 1816, 56 Geo. III c. 140. From 1816 until 1980 the hydrometer was the standard used in the UK to measure the alcohol proof of spirits, and from 1846 in Canadian law.[3]
References
- ^ "Bartholomew Sikes". Collections. Science Museum Group. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
- ^ Tate, Francis G. H. (14 March 1931). "Bartholomew Sikes's System of Alcoholometry". Nature. 127: 398–399. doi:10.1038/127398a0. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
- ^ Denison 1955, p. 132
Bibliography
- Denison, Merrill (1955). The Barley and the Stream: The Molson Story. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Limited.