thermometer
Date1870-1890
Inventory Number1998-1-0318
ClassificationThermometer
Subject
Maker
J. Salleron
fl. 1858 - 1890
Cultural Region
Place of Origin
Dimensions0.4 x 30 cm (3/16 x 11 13/16 in.)
base: 32.9 x 1.2 cm (12 15/16 x 1/2 in.)
base: 32.9 x 1.2 cm (12 15/16 x 1/2 in.)
Material
Accessoriesblack cardboard case
DescriptionA glass thermometer with a scale etched on glass (and now partly faded), going from -20 to 120 degrees Celsius. At one end it has a spherical mercury bulb, at the opposite end it has a small glass ring.
Signedon thermometer: Jones/Aumortaris 146-68981 (Centigrade) J. Salleron 24 Rue Pavee au Marais, Paris
FunctionThis is a thermometer with a wide range that includes temperatures at which water is in its liquid state, and extending 20 degrees Celsius below the freezing point of water and 20 degrees Celsius above its boiling point.
American
Date: 1870-1920
Accessories: black cardboard case with red lining
Object number: 1998-1-0321
Arthur H. Thomas Company
Date: 1900-1920
Accessories: black cardboard case with red inner surface
Object number: 4385
Arthur H. Thomas Company
Date: 1900-1920
Accessories: black cardboard case with red inner surface
Object number: 4388
Heinrich J. W. Geissler
Date: 1860-1879
Accessories: marbled paper on cardboard case with peppewort designed inner surface
Object number: 4401
Princo Instruments, Inc.
Date: 1920-1950
Accessories: black cardboard case with red lining (not original)
Object number: 1998-1-0320
Princo Instruments, Inc.
Date: 1920-1950
Accessories: black cardboard case
Object number: 1998-1-0322
Dr. H. Geissler, Nachfolger Franz Müller
Date: 1890-1920
Accessories: black cardboard case with green inner surface
Object number: 4399
Dr. H. Geissler, Nachfolger Franz Müller
Date: 1890-1920
Accessories: black cardboard case with red inner surface
Object number: 4397
Dr. H. Geissler, Nachfolger Franz Müller
Date: 1890-1920
Accessories: brass cap with knob at top; black cardboard case with red inner surface
Object number: 4400
Dr. H. Geissler, Nachfolger Franz Müller
Date: 1890-1920
Accessories: black cardboard case with marbled paper inner surface
Object number: 4407