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Date1890-1910
Inventory Number1998-1-1256
ClassificationThermometer
Subject
    Maker Henry J. Green fl. 1885 - 1910
    User Oak Ridge Station 1931 - 2005
    User George R. Agassiz Station, Harvard 1951 - 1982
    User Harvard College Observatory founded 1839
    Cultural Region
      Place of Origin
        Dimensions30.1 x 2.3 x 1.4 cm (11 7/8 x 7/8 x 9/16 in.)
        Material
          DescriptionA thermometer consisting of a glass tube with a mercury capillary and a spherical reservoir on its lower end, fixed to a metal plate with an engraved scale going from -30 to 120 degrees.

          The thermometer is broken and is its pieces are kept together by being taped to the metal plate.
          Signedon plate: No. 27475 HENRY J. GREEN B'KLYN. N.Y.
          FunctionA meteorological thermometer. There is some chance that this is a maximum thermometer.
          ProvenanceTransferred to CHSI, From Agassiz Station, Harvard College Observatory, Harvard, MA.
          maximum thermometer
          maximum thermometer
          Henry J. Green
          Date: 1890-1910
          Accessories: cardboard box
          Object number: 1998-1-1271a
          black bulb thermometer
          black bulb thermometer
          Henry J. Green
          Date: 1890-1910
          Object number: 1998-1-1291
          black bulb thermometer
          black bulb thermometer
          Henry J. Green
          Date: circa 1900
          Object number: 1998-1-1251
          pair of maximum and minimum thermometers
          pair of maximum and minimum thermometers
          Henry J. Green
          Date: circa 1920
          Object number: DW0632
          two thermometers in wooden case
          two thermometers in wooden case
          Henry J. Green
          Date: 1890-1910
          Object number: 1998-1-0621
          minimum thermometer
          minimum thermometer
          Henry J. Green
          Date: 1890-1910
          Accessories: cardboard box
          Object number: 1998-1-1271b
          black bulb thermometer
          black bulb thermometer
          Henry J. Green
          Date: 1890-1910
          Object number: 1998-1-1261
          black bulb thermometer
          black bulb thermometer
          Henry J. Green
          Date: 1890-1910
          Object number: 1998-1-1250
          maximum thermometer
          maximum thermometer
          Henry J. Green
          Date: 1885-1910
          Object number: 1998-1-1286
          meteorological thermometer
          meteorological thermometer
          Henry J. Green
          Date: 1885-1910
          Object number: DW0631
          minimum thermometer
          minimum thermometer
          Henry J. Green
          Date: 1890-1910
          Object number: 1998-1-1255
          meteorological thermometer
          meteorological thermometer
          Henry J. Green
          Date: 1890-1910
          Object number: 1998-1-1254