thermometer
Datecirca 1850
Inventory NumberDW0784
ClassificationThermometer
Subject
Maker
German
User
Schlagintweit Brothers
1854 - 1858
Cultural Region
Dimensions45 x 2 cm (17 11/16 x 13/16 in.)
Material
DescriptionA thermometer consisting of a thin glass tube with a mercury capillary inside a cylindrical glass container with a tip at one end ending in a sphere that holds the mercury reservoir, and a brass cap closing it at the opposite end. The thin thermometer is flanked by a porcelain scale calibrated from -30 to 40 degrees Celsius with a precision of 1/5 of a degree. The scale is marked "E" and "P" at its zero.
Signedunsigned
FunctionA thermometer with a range useful in meteorology.
ProvenanceDavid Wheatland purchased in 1959 (#23). Donated to CHSI April 4, 1986.
Historical AttributesThis thermometer apparently went on the Schlagintweit expedition to India between 1854 and 1858. This is No. 23 in the collection of the Schlaginweit Expedition to India, 1858.
Edward N. Kent
Date: 1880-1890
Accessories: marbled cardboard case
Object number: 4408
German
Date: 1907
Accessories: black cylindrical case with red interior
Object number: 1998-1-1009
Rudolf Fuess
Date: circa 1858
Accessories: metal case
Object number: DW0789
Fritz Köhler
Date: 1900-1920
Accessories: black cylindrical cardboard case with red inner surface
Object number: 4435
Baudin
Date: circa 1900
Accessories: cylindrical brass case
Object number: 4423
Baudin
Date: circa 1876
Accessories: cylindrical brass case with square flange near top
Object number: 4426
German
Date: 1890-1920
Accessories: black cardboard case with red inner surface
Object number: 4398
Baudin
Date: circa 1903
Accessories: metal case
Object number: 4436
Fritz Köhler
Date: 1900-1920
Accessories: black cylindrical cardboard case (not original), brass cap missing
Object number: 4434