Thermometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SPIRIT/MINIMUM/FAHREN/UNMOUNTED
- DATE
- 1947
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1991.0114.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Negretti & Zambra
- MODEL
- MSC MIN 2
- LOCATION
- London, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- D.G. 6146
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- GLASS INNER & OUTER TUBES/ ALCOHOL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 35.1 cm
- Width
- 1.7 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 THERMOMETER MADE BY A BRITISH COMPANY IN ENGLAND, SPECIFICALLY FOR THE CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. - Function
-
INSTRUMENT THAT MEASURES LOWEST OR MINIMUM AIR TEMPERATURE BY MEANS OF A CONICAL GLASS INDEX WHICH REMAINS FIXED IN COLUMN OF ALCOHOL AT LOWEST POINT TO WHICH LIQUID DROPS. - Technical
-
A DOUBLE TUBE OR SHEATHED MINIMUM THERMOMETER WITH A SPHERICAL BULB, OF THE KIND USED BY THE CANADIAN METEOROLOGICALSERVICE 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 READING 'M.S.C. MIN 2 1947' & IN SCRIPT 'Negretti & Zambra, London DG6146 Made in England' WITH MFR'S LOGO/ SCALE CALIBRATED FOR -80 TO +110 F.
- Missing
- From CA of 12/24/1993 by Tony Missio: No - Complete
- Finish
- COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT GLASS WITH WHITE BACKED INNER TUBE/ BLACK MOUNT
- Decoration
- N/A
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Negretti & Zambra, Thermometer, circa 1947, Artifact no. 1991.0114, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1991.0114.001/
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