thermometer, perhaps maximum?
Date1840-1860
Inventory Number1998-1-1290
ClassificationThermometer
Subject
Maker
J. S. F. Huddleston
fl. 1840 - 1860
Cultural Region
Place of Origin
Dimensions3.5 x 31.5 x 4.5 cm (1 3/8 x 12 3/8 x 1 3/4 in.)
Material
DescriptionA thermometer consisting of a glass tube with a mercury capillary, fixed by brass brackets to a metal plate with an engraved scale, which is itself mounted on a wood plank.
The orientation of its labels indicates it is meant to be used in a horizontal position. It may be a maximum thermometer.
The thermometer's scale is in Fahrenheit degrees going from -130 to 125 degrees, and on its lower side it has several physiologically and meteorologically relevant temperatures indicated: 32=Freezing, 55=Temperate, 76=Summer Heat, 98=Blood Heat.
The orientation of its labels indicates it is meant to be used in a horizontal position. It may be a maximum thermometer.
The thermometer's scale is in Fahrenheit degrees going from -130 to 125 degrees, and on its lower side it has several physiologically and meteorologically relevant temperatures indicated: 32=Freezing, 55=Temperate, 76=Summer Heat, 98=Blood Heat.
Signedon metal plate: HUDDLESTON. / BOSTON.
Curatorial RemarksVery similar to maximum thermometer 1998-1-1285.
FunctionThis thermometer is designed for measuring air temperature and is marked at several temperatures that could give an intuitive notion of the current temperature.
It might be a maximum thermometer that indicates the warmest temperature in an interval of time before resetting it by tipping it to a vertical position.
It might be a maximum thermometer that indicates the warmest temperature in an interval of time before resetting it by tipping it to a vertical position.
J. S. F. Huddleston
Date: circa 1849
Object number: 1998-1-1281
Taylor Instrument Companies
Date: 1910-1930
Object number: 1998-1-1410