thermometer
Date1890-1920
Inventory Number4396
ClassificationThermometer
Subject
Maker
American
Owner
Theodore William Richards
1868 - 1928
Cultural Region
Dimensions0.7 x 61.9 cm (1/4 x 24 3/8 in.)
case: 64 x 1.5 cm (25 3/16 x 9/16 in.)
case: 64 x 1.5 cm (25 3/16 x 9/16 in.)
Material
Accessoriesblack cardboard case with red inner surface
DescriptionA glass thermometer with the scale etched directly on the glass glass and painted black. It is calibrated from 0°C to 100°C, graduated to 1/10 of a degree.
Signedon back of scale [partly illegible]: [???]tra Co. 4052
Inscribedon cardboard case: 4397 [and] 200°C in 1/5°
Curatorial RemarksCase seems to have belonged to another thermometer, one that was used in the physics department at Harvard.
FunctionA laboratory scale with a range from the freezing point of water to its boiling point.
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
Dr. H. Geissler, Nachfolger Franz Müller
Date: 1890-1920
Accessories: navy blue cardboard case with red inner surface
Object number: 4395
German
Date: 1905-1915
Accessories: black cardboard case with diamond pattern and red inner surface
Object number: 4405
German
Date: 1905-1915
Accessories: black cardboard case with red inner surface
Object number: 4403
Palo Company
Date: 1910-1920
Accessories: black cardboard case with red inner surface with label "50°C in 1/5°"
Object number: 4382
Palo Company
Date: 1910-1920
Accessories: black cardboard case with red inner surface
Object number: 4383
Arthur H. Thomas Company
Date: 1900-1920
Accessories: black cardboard case with red inner surface
Object number: 4388
Bender und Hobein
Date: 1900-1930
Accessories: black cylindrical cardboard case with red inner surface (top missing)
Object number: 4433
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
Fritz Köhler
Date: 1900-1920
Accessories: black cylindrical cardboard case with red inner surface
Object number: 4435