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A scale for measuring the specific gravity of a solution. Created by Carl Joseph Balling.
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• (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ball
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(from the article `reptile`) Many snakes, both harmless and venomous, attempt to hide their heads under coils of their bodies. The body may be coiled loosely, as it is in most ...
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A density scale, named for its developer, used for measuring sugar content in water based solutions. Since grape juice is primarily sugar and water, the balling scale was used for a quick and easy "sugar analysis" of juice. The Balling scale contained a slight inaccuracy however, and this was later corrected by Dr. Brix. Today the Brix sc...
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The clustering around an unacceptable queen by worker bees to form a tight ball, pulling at her legs and wings. Usually the queen is injured or killed when balled.
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These three nearly identical units are the standard for the professional brewing industry for describing the amount of available extract as a weight percentage of cane sugar in solution, as opposed to specific gravity. Eg. 10 °Plato is equivalent to a specific gravity of 1.040.
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The name of a density scale for measuring sugar content in water base solutions. Grape juice is primarily sugar and water and the balling scale is used for a quick and easy
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Balling is American slang for having sexual relations.
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A scale for measuring the specific gravity of a solution. Created by Carl Joseph Balling.
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One of several hydrometer or saccharometer scales denoting the density of liquid (must, juice or new wine) in terms of specific gravity. Both the Balling and Brix scales are identical and are usually used to finely estimate sugar content.
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See Plato.
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