Could also be calibrated for a different temperature

"Pleasantly Surprized" wrote in message
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Today completed my second stage of fermentation of wine. I checked the
hydrometer reading and it was 1.000.

Out of interest, I also checked the specific gravity of the wine with a
clinical refractometer and it read 1.033. Thinking that my refractometer
needed adjusting, I checked a distilled water reading which as it should
be
was 1.000.

Why the difference in readings for a clinical refractometer and
hydrometer?