Thermometer

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OBJECT TYPE: MERCURY/MAXIMUM/FAHREN/UNMOUNTED
DATE: 1942
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1987.0669.001

MANUFACTURER: Negretti & Zambra
MODEL: MSC MAX 2
LOCATION: London, England

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General Information

Serial #: D.B. 12354
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: GLASS INNER AND OUTER TUBES/ MERCURY/ RUBBER HOLDER FOR MOUNT

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 35.0 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: A 'CANADIAN PATTERN' THERMOMETER, MADE IN ENGLAND FOR THE CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE.
Function: AN INSTRUMENT THAT MEASURES THE HIGHEST OR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE BY MEANS OF A COLUMN OF MERCURY, THE TOP OF WHICH REMAINS FIXED AT THE HIGHEST POINT THE MERCURY REACHES.
Technical: A DOUBLE TUBE OR SHEATHED MAXIMUM THERMOMETER WITH A SPHERICAL BULB, OF THE KIND USED BY THE CANADIANMETEOROLOGICAL 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 'M.S.C. MAX.2' 1942 Negretti & Zambra, London D.B. 12354 MADE IN ENGLAND' with mfr's logo, and front marked for -40 to +110 F.
Missing: PART OF TUBE END BROKEN OFF. From CA of 12/23/1993 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
Finish: CLEAR, COLOURLESS GLASS WITH WHITE BACKED INNER TUBE/ METALLIC BULB
Decoration: N/A

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Negretti & Zambra, Thermometer, circa 1942, Artifact no. 1987.0669, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.0669.001/

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