thermometer
Date1900-1940
Inventory Number1998-1-0221
ClassificationThermometer
Subject
Maker
Central Scientific Company
1889 - 2000
User
Department of Physics, Harvard University
founded 1884
Cultural Region
Place of Origin
Dimensions40.8 x 0.7 cm (16 1/16 x 1/4 in.)
case: 43.8 x 1.9 cm (17 1/4 x 3/4 in.)
case: 43.8 x 1.9 cm (17 1/4 x 3/4 in.)
Material
Accessorieswooden case
DescriptionA thermometer consisting of a long thin glass tube with a mercury capillary ending in a cylindrical mercury bulb. It is graduated with a scale in Celsius degrees going from 0 to 50 degrees. The temperatures that are multiples of 10 are marked in red. It has a small glass ring on the end opposite the mercury bulb.
Signedon instrument: CENTRAL SCIENTIFIC CO.
Curatorial RemarksSimilar to 1998-1-0345 but not tied to a string. Also similar to 1998-1-0347.
FunctionA laboratory thermometer.
ProvenanceTransferred to CHSI from the Department of Physics, Harvard University, 1981.
Central Scientific Company
Date: 1900-1940
Accessories: wooden case; string for hanging
Object number: 1998-1-0345
Central Scientific Company
Date: 1900-1940
Accessories: wooden case
Object number: 1998-1-0347
Edward N. Kent
Date: 1880-1890
Accessories: marbled cardboard case
Object number: 4408
Central Scientific Company
Date: 1900-1940
Accessories: wooden case
Object number: 1998-1-0998
Central Scientific Company
Date: 1920-1950
Accessories: brass case
Object number: 1998-1-0990
Dr. H. Geissler, Nachfolger Franz Müller
Date: 1890-1920
Accessories: black cardboard case with marbled paper inner surface
Object number: 4407
American
Date: 1870-1920
Accessories: black cardboard case with red lining
Object number: 1998-1-0321
Baudin
Date: circa 1900
Accessories: cylindrical brass case
Object number: 4423
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: 1890-1910
Accessories: green cardboard case
Object number: 4389