Thermometer

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OBJECT TYPE: MERCURY/CELSIUS/ANSCHUTZ
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1995.0343.001

MANUFACTURER: Central Scientific Co.
MODEL: 4
LOCATION: United States of America

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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 & OUTER TUBES, SCALE/ METAL WIRE/ MERCURY

Dimensions

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

Length: 15.2 cm
Width: N/A
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Chemistry
Category: Test-measurement equipment
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: CENCO
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: Unknown
Canada: EXAMPLE OF EQUIPMENT USED AT LARGEST RESEARCH INSTITUTION IN CANADA DURING PERIOD OF ITS MOST RAPID GROWTH, GREATEST PRODUCTIVITY & DURING WHICH IT DEVELOPED WORLD RENOWNED REPUTATION.
Function: INSTRUMENT USED TO MEASURE TEMPERATURE OF SUBSTANCES BY MEANS OF ITS EFFECT ON COLUMN OF MERCURY IN GLASS. THESE EXAMPLES ARE OF TYPE SUITABLE FOR USE AS SECONDARY STANDARDS IN CHEMISTRY LABORATORY OR FOR MEASURING DISTILLATIONS, MELTING POINTS, ETC.
Technical: EXAMPLE OF TEMPERATURE MEASURING EQUIPMENT USED IN CHEMISTRY LABORATORY.THESE PRECISION THERMOMETERS WERE USUALLY SOLD IN SETS OF SEVEN, EACH THERMOMETER COVERING DIFFERENT PORTION OF WIDE TEMPERATURE RANGE, SUCH AS -10 TO +360 DEGREES C.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: BLACK LETTERING ON BACK READS "MADE IN U.S.A.", "CENCO", "4"/ BLACK SCALE & MARKINGS ON FRONT FOR 148 TO 202 DEGREES C.
Missing: COMPLETE
Finish: COLOURLESS & TRANSPARENT GLASS/ WHITE SCALE/ METALLIC METAL & MERCURY
Decoration: N/A

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Central Scientific Co., Thermometer, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1995.0343, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.0343.001/

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