Thermometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- MERCURY/FAHREN/UNMOUNTED
- DATE
- 1930–1951
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.0665.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Negretti & Zambra
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- London, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- C.D. 4107
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- GLASS INNER AND OUTER TUBES/ MERCURY
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 31.7 cm
- Width
- 1.3 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Meteorology
- Category
- Atmospheric temperature measurement
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Negretti Zambra
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- London
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1930'S? & 1940'S
- Canada
-
AN ENGLISH MADE THERMOMETER OF A TYPE USED BY THE CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. - Function
-
AN INSTRUMENT THAT MEASURES AIR TEMPERATURE BY MEANS OF ITS EFFECT ON A COLUMN OF MERCURY IN GLASS. - Technical
-
A DOUBLE TUBE OR SHEATHED ORDINARY THERMOMETER WITH A SPHERICAL BULB SIMILAR TO THE KIND USED BY THE CANADIAN SERVICE BEFORE 1951, AFTER WHICH SHEATHLESS THERMOMETERS WERE USED. THE DOUBLE TUBE SERVED TO PROTECT THE SCALE FROM WEATHERING. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Black lettering on back of inner tube reading 'British MakeNegretti & Zambra, London C.D. 4109', with mfr's logo and markings on front for -40 to +110 F./'No. 34' incised on back.
- Missing
- From CA of 12/23/1993 by Tony Missio: No - Complete
- Finish
- CLEAR, COLOURLESS GLASS WITH WHITE BACKED INNER TUBE/ METALLIC BULB
- Decoration
- N/A
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Negretti & Zambra, Thermometer, between 1930–1951, Artifact no. 1987.0665, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.0665.001/
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