Degree Quevenne

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The degree Quevenne ( unit symbol : ° Q ), named after the French chemist Theodore Auguste Quevenne , was a common unit for determining the relative density of milk .

1 ° Q = 1.001

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Theodore Auguste Quevenne: X. About the milk and milk hydrometer; by TA Quevenne, chief pharmacist at the Charité Hospital in Paris. In: Polytechnisches Journal . 84, 1842, pp. 55-63.