General Information

Serial #

53-780

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

GLASS TUBES/ METAL CAP/ CERAMIC SCALE/ WOOD CASE WITH SIMULATED LEATHER COVERING, VELVET LINING, METAL HARDWARE

Dimensions

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

Length

64.8 cm

Width

4.3 cm

Height

4.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Physics

Category

Thermal & thermal conductivity

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Eimer Amend

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New York

City

New York

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

Unknown

Canada

AMERICAN MADE TECHNOLOGY USED BY A CANADIAN GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT, THE CANADA CENTRE FOR MINERAL & ENERGY TECHNOLOGY (CANMET).

Function

A PRECISION THERMOMETER, WITH DIVISIONS FOR 1/100 DEGREES C. READABLE TO 1/1000 DEGREES C., USED TO MEASURE THE FREEZING OR BOILING POINTS OF LIQUIDS. IT IS CAPABLE OF MEASURING SMALL CHANGES IN TEMPERATURE TO A HIGH DEGREE OF PRECISION.

Technical

INVENTED BY BECKMANN C. 1888, THIS TYPE OF THERMOMETER WAS STILL BEING USED A CENTURY LATER. IT IS CHARACTERIZED BY AN AUXILIARY RESERVOIR & SCALE AT THE TOP WHICH ALLOW THE LEVEL OF THE MERCURY TO BE ADJUSTED IN THE THERMOMETER TUBE, THUS ADJUSTING THE THERMOMETER TO MEASURE AT DIFFERENT TEMPERATURE LEVELS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

HANDWRITTEN BLACK '1 Drop=1.6 [DEGREES] C.' & BLACK 'No-53-750' ON FRONT/ BLUE LETTERING ON SCALE BACK READS 'BECKMAN THERMOMETER IN 1/100 [DEGREES] CNETIGRADE GRADUATED AT SETTING OF PLUS 20 [DEGREES] C. FISHER SCIENTIFIC CO. MADE IN U.S.A.'/ BLACK STAMPED 'NBS53' ON BACK/ SCALES MARKED IN BLACK FOR 0 TO 54 & 0 TO 200 C. (AUXILIARY)/ DECAL ON CASE READS 'FISHER SCIENTIFIC CO./ PITTSBURG-NEW YORK-ST.LOUIS/ WASHINGTON-MONTREAL'

Missing

N/A

Finish

COLOURLESS & TRANSPARENT GLASS/ WHITE SCALE/ METALLIC CAP/ BLACK CASE COVERING & BLUE LINING

Decoration

N/A