Minimum Thermometer

Description:

This Rutherford-type alcohol-in-glass thermometer is mounted on a flat metal plate marked "H. J. GREEN N.Y." and "No. 2352" and "SIGNAL SERVICE U.S. ARMY." A white porcelain strip on the plate is graduated every 5 degrees Fahrenheit from 65 to 115. The stem is marked "U.S. 2352" and graduated (but not numbered) every degree. The whole is enclosed in an outer glass tube. It dates from the period 1885-1890 when Henry J. Green was working in New York.

Date Made: 1885-1890

Maker: H. J. Green

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: New York, New York City

Subject: U.S. Weather Bureau

Subject:

See more items in: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences, Thermometers and Hygrometers, Measuring & Mapping

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Credit Line: U.S. Weather Bureau

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: PH.314555Catalog Number: 314555Accession Number: 204612

Object Name: thermometer

Measurements: overall: 9 1/2 in; 24.13 cmoverall: 9 7/16 in x 1 in x 5/16 in; 23.97125 cm x 2.54 cm x .79375 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-b574-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1289350

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