thermometer
Date1870-1920
Inventory Number1998-1-1262a
ClassificationThermometer
Subject
Maker
American
?
User
Oak Ridge Station
1931 - 2005
User
George R. Agassiz Station, Harvard
1951 - 1982
User
Harvard College Observatory
founded 1839
Cultural Region
Place of Use
Dimensions30.3 x 0.4 cm (11 15/16 x 3/16 in.)
box: 2.6 x 31.6 x 3.3 cm (1 x 12 7/16 x 1 5/16 in.)
box: 2.6 x 31.6 x 3.3 cm (1 x 12 7/16 x 1 5/16 in.)
Material
Accessoriesbox
DescriptionA thermometer consisting of a narrow glass tube with a mercury capillary etched with a scale and with a small glass ring on its top end.
Signedunsigned
Curatorial RemarksStored with 1998-1-1262b and c.
FunctionProbably for meteorology, but its small glass ring suggests it could be lowered into a liquid.
ProvenanceTransferred to CHSI, From the Agassiz Station, Harvard University Observatory in Harvard, MA.
Baudin
Date: circa 1900
Accessories: cylindrical brass case
Object number: 4423
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 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
Negretti and Zambra
Date: 1870-1900
Accessories: metal case
Object number: 1998-1-1264
German
Date: 1907
Accessories: black cylindrical case with red interior
Object number: 1998-1-1009
American
Date: 1870-1920
Accessories: black cardboard case with red lining
Object number: 1998-1-0321
Princo Instruments, Inc.
Date: 1920-1950
Accessories: plastic case
Object number: 1998-1-0317