Alcohol-in-glass thermometer with a milk-white tube and metal bulb guard. The supporting metal plate reads, in the arch at top, “TAYLOR BRO’S / Rochester / N.Y.” and is graduated from -20 to 116 degrees Fahrenheit, with indications for “Freez/ing,” “Tempe/rate,” “Sumr/Heat” and “Blood/Heat.” And it sports an image of a hand holding a flag marked “ACCURATUS TB,” a trade mark that the firm adopted after 1879.
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