Thermometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- mercury/Fahrenheit/mounted/hydrometer
- DATE
- 1829–1860
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1994.0431.012
- MANUFACTURER
- LONG, JOSEPH
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- London, England
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 12
- Total Parts
- 14
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- BASE OF PLASTIC (IMITATION IVORY) OR BONE, GLASS THERMOMETER WITH BRASS FITTINGS, MERCURY INSIDE, FIBRE CORD AT TOP
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 20.4 cm
- Width
- 2.6 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- 1.5 cm
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Metrology
- Category
- Temperature
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- LONG
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- London
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
Unknown - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- LETTERING READING 'BY APPOINTMENT/ J. LONG/ 20 LITTLE TOWER ST./ LONDON' & SCALE NUMBERED '110/ 100/ 90/ 80/ 70/ 60/ 50/ 40'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- BASE IS YELLOWED, SOME AREAS DARKER THAN OTHERS, BLACK MKGS; FITTINGS BRASS COLOURED; THERMOMETER APPEARS WHITE WITH THIN SILVER LINE OF MERCURY; PURPLE CORD
- Decoration
- N/A
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LONG, JOSEPH, Thermometer, between 1829–1860, Artifact no. 1994.0431, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1994.0431.012/
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