thermometer
Date: 1900-1940
Inventory Number: 1998-1-0345
Classification: Thermometer
Subject:
Maker: Central Scientific Company (1889 - 2000)
User: Department of Physics, Harvard University (founded 1884)
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Place of Origin:
Dimensions:
40.9 x 0.8 cm (16 1/8 x 5/16 in.)
case: 42.2 x 1.9 cm (16 5/8 x 3/4 in.)
Accessories: wooden case; string for hanging
Description:
A thermometer consisting of a long thin glass tube with a mercury capillary ending in a cylindrical mercury bulb. It is graduated with a scale in Celsius degrees going from 0 to 50 degrees. The temperatures that are multiples of 10 are marked in red. It has a small ring at the end opposite the mercury bulb currently tied to a string.
Signedon back in red: CENTRAL SCIENTIFIC CO
FunctionA laboratory thermometer.
Curatorial RemarksSimilar to 1998-1-0321 but with a string tied to a glass ring.
ProvenanceFrom the Department of Physics, Harvard University.