Thermometer

Description:

This mercury-in-glass thermometer has a cylindrical bulb. The back of the stem is milk white; the front carries a scale, on its upper part, that extends from 100 to 200, graduated by degrees Centigrade. It came to the Smithsonian from the U.S. Military Academy.

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. Military Academy

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: PH.316449Catalog Number: 316449Accession Number: 223721

Object Name: thermometer

Physical Description: glass (overall material)Measurements: overall: 13 in; 33.02 cmoverall: 12 3/4 in x 1/4 in; 32.385 cm x .635 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-7ac7-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1423667

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