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thermometer

Date1890-1910
Inventory Number1998-1-0996
ClassificationThermometer
Subject
    Maker Henry J. Green fl. 1885 - 1910
    User Department of Physics, Harvard University founded 1884
    Cultural Region
      Place of Origin
        Dimensions0.7 x 45.4 cm (1/4 x 17 7/8 in.)
        case: 47.7 x 1.1 cm (18 3/4 x 7/16 in.)
        Material
          Accessoriesbrass case
          DescriptionA long glass thermometer with a scale in the range of -10° to 104.5° Celsius. It has a little glass ring on the end opposite the mercury bulb.

          Etched on thermometer: "uncorrected graduations".
          Signedon instrument: H. J. Green, Brooklyn, N.Y. 1639
          FunctionA thermometer most likely for checking the temperature of liquids, especially water solutions. Its range encompasses from below the freezing point of water to above its boiling point. It could be lowered into a liquid tied to a string.
          ProvenanceDepartment of Physics, Harvard University. Transferred to CHSI May 28, 1968, via Carmelo Lanza.
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          Date: 1885-1910
          Accessories: brass case
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          Date: 1900-1910
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          Henry J. Green
          Date: 1885-1910
          Object number: 1998-1-1249
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          Henry J. Green
          Date: 1890-1910
          Object number: 1998-1-1254
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          Date: 1885-1900
          Object number: BH0043
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          Date: circa 1900
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          Object number: 1998-1-1268c
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          Date: 1900-1910
          Object number: 1998-1-1265
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          Date: 1885-1910
          Object number: BH0042
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          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
          black bulb thermometer
          black bulb thermometer
          Henry J. Green
          Date: 1890-1910
          Object number: 1998-1-1291
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          Henry J. Green
          Date: circa 1900
          Object number: 1998-1-1251