thermometer
Date1905-1915
Inventory Number4405
ClassificationThermometer
Subject
Maker
German
Supplier
Scientific Materials Company
1902 - 1925
Owner
Theodore William Richards
1868 - 1928
Cultural Region
Place of Origin
Dimensions0.7 x 56.5 cm (1/4 x 22 1/4 in.)
case: 64 x 1.2 cm (25 3/16 x 1/2 in.)
case: 64 x 1.2 cm (25 3/16 x 1/2 in.)
Material
Accessoriesblack cardboard case with diamond pattern and red inner surface
DescriptionA long, thin glass thermometer with a scale etched in glass and painted black, with a white stripe on its back, calibrated from -12 to 100 degrees Celsius with a precision of 2/10 of a degree.
Signedmarked on white stripe: Scientific Materials Company, Pittsburgh [and] Germany
FunctionA laboratory thermometer with a range roughly coinciding (going slightly below) with the liquid state of water.
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Date: 1905-1915
Accessories: black cardboard case with red inner surface
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Date: 1900-1920
Accessories: black cardboard case with red inner surface
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Date: 1910-1915
Accessories: black cardboard case with red inner surface
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Date: 1890-1920
Accessories: black cardboard case with red inner surface
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Date: 1900-1930
Accessories: black cylindrical cardboard case with red inner surface (top missing)
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Accessories: black cardboard case with red inner surface
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Fritz Köhler
Date: 1900-1920
Accessories: black cylindrical cardboard case with red inner surface
Object number: 4435
Dr. H. Geissler, Nachfolger Franz Müller
Date: 1890-1920
Accessories: black cardboard case with red inner surface
Object number: 4404
Corning
Date: 1900-1920
Accessories: black cardboard case with green inner surface
Object number: 4406
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Date: 1890-1920
Accessories: black cardboard case with red inner surface
Object number: 4396
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Date: 1890-1920
Accessories: black cardboard case with red inner surface
Object number: 4397