Renseignements généraux

Nº de série

5

Nº de partie

1

Nombre total de parties

2

Ou

S/O

Brevets

S/O

Description générale

glass, metal [including mercury], fibre [cotton] and bone [ivory]

Dimensions

Remarque : Cette information reflète la taille générale pour l’entreposage et ne représente pas nécessairement les véritables dimensions de l’objet.

Longueur

10,2 cm

Largeur

1,8 cm

Hauteur

S/O

Épaisseur

S/O

Poids

S/O

Diamètre

S/O

Volume

S/O

Lexique

Groupe

Métrologie

Catégorie

Température

Sous-catégorie

S/O

Fabricant

Ou

Braham

Pays

England

État/province

Inconnu

Ville

Bristol

Contexte

Pays

Angleterre

État/province

Inconnu

Période

Made and presumably used c. 1831+

Canada

Part of a large collection of medical artifacts, archival material & trade literature transferred to CSTM in 2002 from the former History of Medicine Museum, Toronto, ON.

Fonction

Inconnu

Technique

Inconnu

Notes sur la région

Inconnu

Détails

Marques

"BRAHAM/ OPTICIAN BRISTOL" printed in black on plaque, above thermometer. Scale divided -0 to 120 by increments of 2, and labelled at intervals of 10 printed on plaque, to left of thermometer; "FREEZ/ING" marked to right of 32 [degrees], "TEMPE/ RATE" marked to right of 56 [degrees], "SUM R/ HEAT" marked to right of 76 [degrees], "BLOOD/ HEAT" marked to right of 98 [degrees], and "FEVER/ HEAT" marked to right of 102 [degrees]. "The/ gift/ of T.V./ Julia Bird/ 1831" handwritten in pencil on plaque top, around mfr's markings. "The gift of Mrs. Moss/ affectionate Mother of Mann [?]/ July 27 th 1856" handwritten in pencil on reverse. "5" marked in black in one corner of plaque back, near bulb. UHN catalogue number "981.33.1a" printed by hand in black ink, also on reverse.

Manque

None.

Fini

Clear glass thermometer tube containing mercury, mounted on ivory plaque fitted with green cotton [?] suspension loop; silver metal fittings secure tube to plaque.

Décoration

S/O