Minimum Thermometer

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Description:

This apparently unfinished alcohol-in-glass Rutherford-type thermometer has a spherical bulb. The back of the tube is milk white; the front carries a scale that extends from -68.0 to +127.0 marked in degrees; the side is marked “918.”

Location: Currently not on view

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.317460Catalog Number: 317460Accession Number: 230396

Object Name: thermometer

Physical Description: glass (overall material)Measurements: overall: 10 1/2 in; 26.67 cmoverall: 10 1/2 in x 5/8 in; 26.67 cm x 1.5875 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-6382-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1423644

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