Thermometer

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OBJECT TYPE: MERCURY/MAXIMUM/CELSIUS/UNMOUNTED
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1987.0674.001

MANUFACTURER: LAMBRECHT, WILH.
MODEL: G857
LOCATION: Göttingen, Germany

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General Information

Serial #: 3918
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: GLASS THERMOMETER TUBE/ CERAMIC? SCALE/ METAL CAP ON END/ CARDBOARD TUBE/ MERCURY?

Dimensions

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

Length: 31.5 cm
Width: 3.3 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: LAMBRECHT
Country: Germany
State/Province: Unknown
City: Göttingen

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Unknown
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 THAT THE COLUMN REACHES.
Technical: A MERCURY MAXIMUM THERMOMETER FOR HIGH TEMPERATURES, OF THE EUROPEAN EINSCHLUSSTHERMOMETER STYLE IN WHICH A SLENDER THERMOMETER TUBE IS ATTACHED TO A GLASS SCALE, BOTH ENCLOSED WITHIN A GLASSSHEATH.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Black lettering on back reading 'G857', 'Wilh. Lambrecht, Gottingen' and on front 'Maxima' & 'Nr. 3918', with black and red markings for -30 to +50 C./paper label on tube reading 'General Adding Machine Co./38 YONGE STREET/TORONTO, ONT.'
Missing: From CA of 12/21/1993 by Tony Missio: No - Complete
Finish: CLEAR, COLOURLESS GLASS/ WHITE SCALE/ METALLIC BULB/ PLATED CAP/ RED PAPER COVERED TUBE
Decoration: N/A

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LAMBRECHT, WILH., Thermometer, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1987.0674, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.0674.001/

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