thermometer
Date1901-1920
Inventory Number4409
ClassificationThermometer
Subject
Maker
Whitall Tatum Company
1901 - 1938
Owner
Theodore William Richards
1868 - 1928
Cultural Region
Place of Origin
Dimensions0.5 x 30.8 cm (3/16 x 12 1/8 in.)
case: 44.8 x 2.2 cm (17 5/8 x 7/8 in.)
case: 44.8 x 2.2 cm (17 5/8 x 7/8 in.)
Material
Accessorieswooden case
DescriptionA glass thermometer containing mercury with a scale etched in glass, calibrated from -15°C to 110°C, graduated to 1 degree. It has a white stripe along its back and a tip at the end opposite the mercury reservoir.
Signedon back: WHITALL TATUM CO
Inscribedpaper label on case: 550°C
Curatorial RemarksThe case is probably not original as it is marked with a different temperature range.
FunctionA thermometer with a range slightly larger than that of the liquid state of water.
Bunten
Date: circa 1847
Accessories: black-leather-covered, purple velvet-lined case
Object number: 4421
Dr. H. Geissler, Nachfolger Franz Müller
Date: 1890-1920
Accessories: navy blue cardboard case with red inner surface
Object number: 4395
Baudin
Date: circa 1900
Accessories: cylindrical brass case
Object number: 4423
German
Date: 1907
Accessories: black cylindrical case with red interior
Object number: 1998-1-1009
Baudin
Date: circa 1903
Accessories: metal case
Object number: 4436
Baudin
Date: circa 1876
Accessories: cylindrical brass case with square flange near top
Object number: 4426
Palo Company
Date: 1910-1920
Accessories: black cardboard case with dotted inner case
Object number: 4391
Bunten
Date: circa 1843
Accessories: hinged black case with velvet lining
Object number: 4422
American
Date: 1890-1920
Accessories: in black cardboard case with red inner surface
Object number: 4386
Arthur H. Thomas Company
Date: 1900-1920
Accessories: black cardboard case with red inner surface
Object number: 4385