thermometer
Date1870-1890
Inventory Number2008-1-0033
ClassificationThermometer
Subject
Maker
Alvergniat Frères
fl. 1858 - 1890
Cultural Region
Place of Origin
Dimensions28.5 x 0.5 cm (11 1/4 x 3/16 in.)
Material
DescriptionA thermometer consisting of a thin glass tube with a mercury capillary. It has a scale engraved on a white background with a range from -10 to 110 degrees Celsius in single degree increments. It has a small ring at its top.
Signedon back: Alvergniat F'res à Paris
FunctionA thermometer for checking the temperature of liquids by being lowered into them tied from the little ring to a string.
ProvenanceFrom the Deparment of Physics, Harvard University.
Alvergniat Frères
Date: circa 1890
Accessories: inside an old wooden box with space for two thermometers of this kind, but with only this one present. Other contents and inscriptions of box described in Inscriptions.
Object number: 1998-1-0420
Dr. H. Geissler, Nachfolger Franz Müller
Date: 1890-1920
Accessories: black cardboard case with red inner surface
Object number: 4404
Baudin
Date: circa 1903
Accessories: metal case
Object number: 4436
Baudin
Date: circa 1900
Accessories: cylindrical brass case
Object number: 4423
Arthur H. Thomas Company
Date: 1900-1920
Accessories: black cardboard case with red inner surface
Object number: 4385
Arthur H. Thomas Company
Date: 1900-1920
Accessories: black cardboard case with red inner surface
Object number: 4388
Dr. H. Geissler, Nachfolger Franz Müller
Date: 1890-1920
Accessories: black cardboard case with marbled paper inner surface
Object number: 4407
Arthur H. Thomas Company
Date: 1900-1920
Accessories: black cardboard case with red inner lining
Object number: 4384
Dr. H. Geissler, Nachfolger Franz Müller
Date: 1890-1910
Accessories: black cardboard case with red inner surface
Object number: 4381