Thermometer

Description:

Mercury-in-glass thermometer mounted on a grooved metal plate that is marked "H. J. GREEN B'KLYN N.Y." and "No. 11065 U.S. WEATHER BUREAU" and graduated every five degrees Fahrenheit from -25 to +115. The stem is marked "11065" and graduated every degree F. from -25 to +120.

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

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Credit Line: U.S. Weather Bureau

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: PH.317455Accession Number: 230396Catalog Number: 317455

Object Name: thermometer

Measurements: tube: 10 1/2 in; x 26.67 cmplate: 9 1/2 in; x 24.13 cmoverall: 11 3/16 in x 1 in x 1/4 in; 28.41625 cm x 2.54 cm x .635 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-b633-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1289380

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