thermometer
Date1890-1920
Inventory Number4386
ClassificationThermometer
Subject
Maker
American
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Owner
Theodore William Richards
1868 - 1928
Cultural Region
Dimensions0.6 x 36.8 cm (1/4 x 14 1/2 in.)
case: 40 x 1.6 cm (15 3/4 x 5/8 in.)
case: 40 x 1.6 cm (15 3/4 x 5/8 in.)
Material
Accessoriesin black cardboard case with red inner surface
DescriptionA glass thermometer with a mercury capillary. It has a scale etched in glass and painted black, calibrated from -10°C to 400°C and graduated to 1 degree. At the end opposite the mercury bulb it has a small glass ring currently tied to an old string. It is stored in a case.
Signedunsigned
FunctionA thermometer with a very wide range usable at high temperatures.
Palo Company
Date: 1910-1920
Accessories: black cardboard case with red inner surface with label "50°C in 1/5°"
Object number: 4382
Palo Company
Date: 1910-1920
Accessories: black cardboard case with red inner surface
Object number: 4383
Dr. H. Geissler, Nachfolger Franz Müller
Date: 1890-1920
Accessories: navy blue cardboard case with red inner surface
Object number: 4395
German
Date: 1910-1915
Accessories: black cardboard case with red inner surface
Object number: 4420
Arthur H. Thomas Company
Date: 1900-1920
Accessories: black cardboard case with red inner surface
Object number: 4388
Arthur H. Thomas Company
Date: 1900-1920
Accessories: black cardboard case with red inner surface
Object number: 4385
Dr. H. Geissler, Nachfolger Franz Müller
Date: 1890-1910
Accessories: black cardboard case with red inner surface
Object number: 4381
Dr. H. Geissler, Nachfolger Franz Müller
Date: 1890-1920
Accessories: black cardboard case with red inner surface
Object number: 4404
Fritz Köhler
Date: 1900-1920
Accessories: black cylindrical cardboard case with red inner surface
Object number: 4435
Bender und Hobein
Date: 1900-1930
Accessories: black cylindrical cardboard case with red inner surface (top missing)
Object number: 4433
American
Date: 1890-1920
Accessories: black cardboard case with red inner surface
Object number: 4396
Bunten
Date: circa 1843
Accessories: hinged black case with velvet lining
Object number: 4422