temperature recorder
Datecirca 1957
Inventory Number1998-1-0279a
ClassificationTemperature Recorder
Subject
User
Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory
1885-present
Cultural Region
Place of Origin
Place of Use
Dimensions48.2 x 36.5 x 29 cm (19 x 14 3/8 x 11 7/16 in.)
Material
Accessorieswind-up key; one bottle #6483 type 1800 Recorder ink (red) with pen nib; one bottle #F100-EN type 1500 Recorder ink (green)
DescriptionA temperature sensor and recorder, typical of those used at Blue Hill Observatory (and possibly actually used there). The instrument is housed in a black case and rests on a four-footed metal stand, to which a windup key is attached with a plastic cinch tie. The front of the case has an access door with a circular viewing window, through which the instrument may be seen.
Inside the case, a quarter-circular dial with an orange pointer is marked in increments in a range from 30 to 120 degrees F. "FOXBORO / RECORDER" is inscribed at the top of the inside panel. Under the instrument dial, and partially obscured by it, is an information panel. Centered below the dial is a protruding spindle or rod. Near the bottom of the panel, another metal plate is marked, "TEMPERATURE DATA," with spaces for instrument specifications.
The instrument has a five foot metal cable attached to a temperature probe.
Range -30 to 120 degrees F.
Inside the case, a quarter-circular dial with an orange pointer is marked in increments in a range from 30 to 120 degrees F. "FOXBORO / RECORDER" is inscribed at the top of the inside panel. Under the instrument dial, and partially obscured by it, is an information panel. Centered below the dial is a protruding spindle or rod. Near the bottom of the panel, another metal plate is marked, "TEMPERATURE DATA," with spaces for instrument specifications.
The instrument has a five foot metal cable attached to a temperature probe.
Range -30 to 120 degrees F.
SignedOn case: FOXBORO; on metal plate: THE FOXBORO COMPANY, FOXBORO, MASS.
Inscribedon case: FOXBORO; on plate: CHART SHOWS 7 DAYS' / TEMPERATURE RECORD/ THE FOXBORO COMPANY / FOXBORO, MASS.
Inside case on dial, increments in a range from 30 to 120 degrees F; inside case at top: FOXBORO / RECORDER; under the instrument dial, and partially obscured by it, is an information panel; plate near the bottom of the panel: TEMPERATURE DATA.
Curatorial RemarksInstrument typical of those used at the Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory.
FunctionIndicates current temperature and keeps a week-long register of it on circular paper charts (see 1998-1-0279b).
ProvenancePrivate donor.
Date: circa 1957
Accessories: three (3) boxes of aprox. 100 per box of charts for FOXBORO chart recorder. Each chart 28.1 cm in dia.; one (1) box of used charts from donor
Object number: 1998-1-0279b
Alexander G. McAdie
Date: early 20th Century
Object number: 1998-1-0856
Richard Frères
Date: circa 1890
Accessories: 1 completed graph, 1 bottle of ink, ke, brass gear, leather carrying strap
Object number: 1998-1-1315
Hammond Typewriter Company
Date: circa 1923
Accessories: four Hammond type shuttles for different type faces, each with a wooden storage box; four laminated paper rectangles with symbol placement guide; instruction book, instruction sheets, advertisements, and correspondence (in object file)
Object number: 1996-1-0373
Theodore Alteneder & Sons
Date: 1930-1940
Accessories: bottle of A.W. Faber-Castell Higgins Black India ink, No. 4415 (3/4 oz or 23 cc.)
Object number: 1997-1-2002
Richard Frères
Date: circa 1890
Accessories: Brass Recording drum with graph paper "8 JOURS/MT ROND/ECHAPT/XXXXXX/ANCRE" scratched in faintly "IXL1654 just below the A of ANCRE; ink stylus on arm,
Object number: 1996-1-0198
Carl Zeiss Jena
Date: circa 1926
Accessories: wooden box with two hook-and-eye latches to fasten front opening; in instrument file: instruction book (photocopy); Geissler tube labeled "H2"; carboard tube containing German thermometer C in stainless steel holder that screws into instrument; glass bottle with cork stopper labeled "Monobromnaphthalin, Germany nD=1 658"; small round cardboard box labeled "For Pulfrich Refractometer" containing one tubulure
Object number: 1996-1-0229
Taylor Instrument Companies
Date: circa 1925
Accessories: stored within the case: paper recording chart, a length of flexible hose, a bulb and glass container with red recording ink
Object number: 2010-1-0020
Forster
Date: 1950-1960
Accessories: spare ink cartridges; pen attachments
am auxiliary box containing small Allen wrench, scotch tape, extra parts, and storage instructions
Object number: 1999-1-0054
Julien P. Friez & Sons
Date: 1913-1929
Accessories: The following information for supplies was found on a metal plate under the collection tank on the top of the base: "Acc'y CAT# CHART; 1015, INK # 10, PEN # 3, CAT: 402. JULIEN FRIEZE AND SONS BELFORT OBSERVATORY - BALTIMORE, MD"
Object number: RS0316
Heath Company
Date: circa 1967
Accessories: 120ft roll of paper (1996-1-0460b); box
Object number: 1996-1-0460a
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