thermometer
Date1900-1920
Inventory Number4435
ClassificationThermometer
Subject
Maker
Fritz Köhler
fl. 1897 - 1940
Owner
Theodore William Richards
1868 - 1928
Cultural Region
Place of Origin
Dimensions1 x 42.8 cm (3/8 x 16 7/8 in.)
case: 50.3 x 1.5 cm (19 13/16 x 9/16 in.)
case: 50.3 x 1.5 cm (19 13/16 x 9/16 in.)
Material
Accessoriesblack cylindrical cardboard case with red inner surface
DescriptionA long, thin thermometer made of a glass tube with a mercury capillary. It has a scale on milk glass calibrated from -6 to 52 degrees Celsius with a precision of 1/10 of a degree. It has a small glass ring on the end opposite the mercury reservoir.
Signedmarked on back of scale: Centigrade Fritz Köhler, Leipzig Germany Fein gekuhlt
Inscribedon front: no. 304
Curatorial RemarksPaper tag on case says: "-6° to 54°by 0.1°"; tag: "used by Bru___ Lyman or Hall ___ Phys 3 from Jeff Oct. 13 1963".
FunctionMost likely for measuring the temperature of liquids by being lowered into them tied to a string.
ProvenanceFrom the Department of Physics, Lyman Laboratory, Harvard University.
Fritz Köhler
Date: 1900-1920
Accessories: black cylindrical cardboard case (not original), brass cap missing
Object number: 4434
Bender und Hobein
Date: 1900-1930
Accessories: black cylindrical cardboard case with red inner surface (top missing)
Object number: 4433
Fritz Köhler
Date: 1880-1915
Accessories: In black patterned cardboard case with red lining
Object number: 1998-1-0604
Dr. H. Geissler, Nachfolger Franz Müller
Date: 1890-1910
Accessories: black cardboard case with red inner surface
Object number: 4381
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
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
American
Date: 1890-1910
Accessories: cylindrical cardboard case with green inner surface
Object number: 4438
German
Date: 1890-1920
Accessories: black cardboard case with red inner surface
Object number: 4398
Corning
Date: 1900-1920
Accessories: black cardboard case with green inner surface
Object number: 4406
Heinrich J. W. Geissler
Date: 1860-1879
Accessories: marbled paper on cardboard case with peppewort designed inner surface
Object number: 4401