Baudin thermometer
Date: circa 1885
Inventory Number: 1998-1-1288
Classification: Thermometer
Subject:
Maker: Baudin (fl. 1875 - 1920)
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Dimensions:
0.5 x 46 x 0.5 cm (3/16 x 18 1/8 x 3/16 in.)
case: 8.5 x 49.7 x 8.7 cm (3 3/8 x 19 9/16 x 3 7/16 in.)
Accessories: brass case
Description:
A long and thin non-cylindrical glass thermometer with a mercury capillary. Marked with a scale that goes from -8 to 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Its mercury bulb keeps the shape of the tube and is rather long, and it has a small glass ring on its top tied to a string.
Signedengraved in glass on back: Baudin
Inscribedafter signature: 10682
FunctionThis thermometer is likely for measuring the temperature of liquids, for which it would be lowered into them hanging from the string.