Thermometer

Description:

This alcohol-in-glass thermometer is 12 inches long. The back of the stem is milk white and marked "Henry J. Green, Brooklyn, N.Y. No. 8067." The clear front is graduated, in reverse, every ½ degree Fahrenheit from 80 to 0.

Date Made: after 1890

Maker: H. J. Green

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: New York, Brooklyn

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

Exhibition:

Exhibition Location:

Credit Line: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: PH.315811Accession Number: 220984Catalog Number: 315811

Object Name: thermometer

Measurements: overall: 12 in; 30.48 cmoverall: 12 1/4 in x 3/8 in; 31.115 cm x .9525 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-b49a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1289354

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