Thermometer

Description:

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.

Date Made: 1872-1890

Maker: Taylor Brothers

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: New York, Rochester

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

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Credit Line: Taylor Instrument Companies

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: PH.308156Catalog Number: 308156Accession Number: 70532

Object Name: Thermometer

Measurements: overall: 2 in x 8 3/4 in; 5.08 cm x 22.225 cmthermometer: 6 3/4 in; 17.145 cmoverall: 8 3/4 in x 2 1/8 in x 15/16 in; 22.225 cm x 5.3975 cm x 2.38125 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-7ccb-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1420514

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