Thermometer

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OBJECT TYPE: MERCURY/MAXIMUM/CELSIUS/UNMOUNTED/RADIATION
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1987.0675.001

MANUFACTURER: LAMBRECHT, WILH.
MODEL: JENAER NORMALGLAS
LOCATION: Göttingen, Germany

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: GLASS INNER AND OUTER TUBES/ CERAMIC? SCALE

Dimensions

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

Length: 34.5 cm
Width: 4.0 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: INSTRUMENT THAT MEASURES RADIANT HEAT OF THE SUN?, USING A PLATED THERMOMETER BULB PROTECTED BY A GLASS ENVELOPE.
Technical: A MERCURY MAXIMUM RADIATION THERMOMETER, A VARIANT OF THE EUROPEAN EINSCHLUSSTHERMOMETER IN WHICH A SLENDER THERMOMETER TUBE IS MOUNTED ON A GLASS SCALE, WITH BOTH ENCLOSED IN A GLASS SHEATH. THIS EXAMPLE IS ENCLOSED IN A SECOND GLASS ENVELOPE WITH A LARGE BULB.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Gold lettering on back reading 'Wilh. Lambrecht, Gottingen Jenaer Normalglas' & black lettering on front reading 'Maxima' with markings for -10 to +70 C.
Missing: From CA of 12/30/1993 by Tony Missio: No - Complete
Finish: CLEAR, COLOURLESS GLASS/ WHITE SCALE/ PLATED INNER BULB
Decoration: N/A

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LAMBRECHT, WILH., Thermometer, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1987.0675, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.0675.001/

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