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thermometer

Date1900-1920
Inventory Number4388
ClassificationThermometer
Subject
    Supplier Arthur H. Thomas Company 1900-present
    Cultural Region
      Place of Origin
        Dimensions0.7 x 31.5 cm (1/4 x 12 3/8 in.)
        case: 32.2 x 1.4 cm (12 11/16 x 9/16 in.)
        Material
          Accessoriesblack cardboard case with red inner surface
          DescriptionA thin glass thermometer with a mercury capillary with a scale etched on its glass and painted black that goes from 10 to 30 degrees Celsius with a precision of 1/10 of a degree. It has a white stripe on its back and a small glass ring on the end opposite the mercury bulb. It is stored in a case.
          Signedmarked on back: A.H.T. CO. PHIL
          FunctionA laboratory thermometer with a relatively narrow range (20 degrees) and a reasonable precision of 1/10 of a degree.
          thermometer
          Arthur H. Thomas Company
          Date: 1900-1920
          Accessories: black cardboard case with red inner surface
          Object number: 4385
          thermometer
          Arthur H. Thomas Company
          Date: 1900-1920
          Accessories: black cardboard case with red inner lining
          Object number: 4384
          milk glass scale thermometer
          Arthur H. Thomas Company
          Date: 1900-1930
          Object number: 4413
          thermometer
          Dr. H. Geissler, Nachfolger Franz Müller
          Date: 1890-1910
          Accessories: black cardboard case with red inner surface
          Object number: 4381
          thermometer
          Dr. H. Geissler, Nachfolger Franz Müller
          Date: 1890-1920
          Accessories: black cardboard case with red inner surface
          Object number: 4404
          thermometer (Beckmann?)
          Dr. H. Geissler, Nachfolger Franz Müller
          Date: 1890-1920
          Accessories: black cardboard case with red inner surface
          Object number: 4397
          thermometer
          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
          thermometer (Beckmann?)
          Dr. H. Geissler, Nachfolger Franz Müller
          Date: 1890-1920
          Accessories: black cardboard case with marbled paper inner surface
          Object number: 4407
          thermometer
          Arthur H. Thomas Company
          Date: 1900-1928
          Accessories: cardboard case
          Object number: 4387
          thermometer
          German
          Date: 1905-1915
          Accessories: black cardboard case with red inner surface
          Object number: 4403
          thermometer
          German
          Date: 1905-1915
          Accessories: black cardboard case with diamond pattern and red inner surface
          Object number: 4405
          thermometer (Beckmann?)
          Dr. H. Geissler, Nachfolger Franz Müller
          Date: 1890-1920
          Accessories: black cardboard case with green inner surface
          Object number: 4399