Thermometer

Mixed group of objects from the Medicine Collections
Description:

Mercury-in-glass thermometer with a milk-white back. Inscriptions read “1 MIN” and “TAYLOR 69” and “ROCHESTER, N.Y.” The scale extends to 110 degrees Fahrenheit, divided in fifths. The Taylor Instrument Companies gave it to the Smithsonian in 1923.

Date Made: before 1923

Maker: Taylor Instrument Co.

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: New York, Rochester

Subject: Medicine

Subject:

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

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Credit Line: Taylor Instrument Companies

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: MG.M-07715Catalog Number: M-07715Accession Number: 70532

Object Name: thermometers, setOther Terms: Diagnostic Medicine

Measurements: overall: 1/4 in x 4 1/8 in x 1/4 in; .635 cm x 10.4775 cm x .635 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-6373-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_726163

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