Thermometer

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OBJECT TYPE: mercury/full immersion/Fahren
DATE: 1965
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2004.0372.009

MANUFACTURER: Short & Mason
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: London, England

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General Information

Serial #: 5153/65
Part Number: 9
Total Parts: 12
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: glass tube/ mercury

Dimensions

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

Length: 15.5 cm
Width: N/A
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: Short Mason
Country: England
State/Province: Unknown
City: London

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: An instrument of a type used by the Meteorological Service of Canada, probably in its calibration laboratories. Part of a large collection of meteorological instruments acquired from the Meteorological Service of Canada (previously Atmospheric Environment Service) by the CSTM since 1967. MSC is the government agency responsible for collecting and disseminating meteorological data and forecasts in Canada. It was founded in 1871 in Toronto where it is still headquartered. The MSC was originally on the University of Toronto downtown campus but moved to Downsview in 1971 on land owned by UofT. The headquarters houses laboratories, research facilities and calibration and instrument maintenance facilities (now largely contracted out).
Function: An instrument generally used to measure temperature by means of its effect on a column of mercury in glass, this type used in a meteorology instrument calibration unit with a standard resistance, to calibrate digital meteorological instruments such as barometers and thermometers .
Technical: A mercury thermometer used as an accessory for a standard resistance.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: black lettering on thermometer back reads in script 'Full Immersion Short & Mason London, England 5153/65' with scale markings for 0 to 100 Fahrenheit on front
Missing: complete
Finish: colourless transparent tube with white back/ metallic bulb
Decoration: N/A

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