Babcock test

American  

[bab-kok] / ˈbæbˌkɒk /

noun

1. a test for determining the butterfat content of milk and milk products, conducted by adding sulfuric acid to a sample and then centrifuging it in a flask with a calibrated neck in which the liquefied fat collects.

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Etymology

Origin of Babcock test

Named after Stephen M. Babcock (1843–1931), U.S. agricultural chemist

Example Sentences

The Babcock test shows they’re just boarding on us without paying their board!”

From The Brown Mouse by Quick, Herbert

Any farmer may bring milk samples and have the Babcock test applied to determine the percentage of butter fat which an individual cow is yielding.

From The New Education A Review of Progressive Educational Movements of the Day (1915) by Nearing, Scott

The Babcock test for determining the butter fat, and the centrifugal separater for extracting the cream, were most important.

From The Challenge of the Country A Study of Country Life Opportunity by Fiske, George Walter

Test at least five cows for ten days each, with the Babcock test, and make proper reports.

From Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 by Boy Scouts of America

For the preservation of composite samples of milk for analytical purposes, such as the Babcock test, strong disinfectants, as corrosive sublimate, are employed.

From Outlines of dairy bacteriology A concise manual for the use of students in dairying by Hastings, Edwin George