thermometer
Date1910-1920
Inventory Number4383
ClassificationThermometer
Subject
Maker
Palo Company
fl. 1910 - 1940
Owner
Theodore William Richards
1868 - 1928
Cultural Region
Place of Origin
Dimensions0.6 x 38.3 cm (1/4 x 15 1/16 in.)
case: 39.3 x 1.4 cm (15 1/2 x 9/16 in.)
case: 39.3 x 1.4 cm (15 1/2 x 9/16 in.)
Material
Accessoriesblack cardboard case with red inner surface
DescriptionA thermometer consisting of a long and thin glass tube with a mercury capillary, with a scale etched on its glass and painted black, calibrated from -2°C to 50°C. It has a small glass ring on the end opposite the mercury bulb. It is stored in a case.
Signedon instrument: PALO Company New York [and] Germany
FunctionA laboratory thermometer.
Palo Company
Date: 1910-1920
Accessories: black cardboard case with red inner surface with label "50°C in 1/5°"
Object number: 4382
American
Date: 1890-1920
Accessories: in black cardboard case with red inner surface
Object number: 4386
German
Date: 1910-1915
Accessories: black cardboard case with red inner surface
Object number: 4420
Palo Company
Date: 1910-1920
Accessories: black cardboard case with dotted inner case
Object number: 4391
Arthur H. Thomas Company
Date: 1900-1920
Accessories: black cardboard case with red inner surface
Object number: 4388
Dr. H. Geissler, Nachfolger Franz Müller
Date: 1890-1910
Accessories: black cardboard case with red inner surface
Object number: 4381
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: 1890-1920
Accessories: navy blue cardboard case with red inner surface
Object number: 4395
Bender und Hobein
Date: 1900-1930
Accessories: black cylindrical cardboard case with red inner surface (top missing)
Object number: 4433
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
Dr. H. Geissler, Nachfolger Franz Müller
Date: 1890-1920
Accessories: black cardboard case with red inner surface
Object number: 4397