Thermometer

Description:

Mercury-in-glass thermometer designed for diagnostic purposes. It has a spherical bulb. The stem is bent, above the bulb, so as to hold a rolled paper securely in place. This paper carries a scale reading from 19 to 46 degrees Centigrade. The section from 32 to 43 degrees (that is, the range of body temperature) is graduated in tenths. The scale is marked “M. Leyser, Jnsp. a.d. Univ. Leipzig / 30080” and “Celsius.” The whole is enclosed in an outer glass tube.

Date Made: ca 1850-1870

Maker: Leyser, Georg Moritz Ludwig

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: Germany: Saxony, Leipzig

Subject: Medicine

Subject:

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

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: MG.M-09579Catalog Number: M-09579Accession Number: 232067

Object Name: thermometer, clinicalOther Terms: Diagnostic Medicine

Physical Description: glass (overall material)Measurements: case: 8 5/8 in x 5/8 in; 21.9075 cm x 1.5875 cmthermometer: 8 1/8 in x 1/2 in; 20.6375 cm x 1.27 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-be73-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_726154

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