Thermometer
Thermometer
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- Description
- Mercury in glass thermometer with scale reading from -10 to +110 degrees C. The inscription on the cardboard sheath reads, in part: “CENTRAL SCIENTIFIC CO. / 235-239 PLANE STREET / NEWARK, N.J. / CHEMICALS AND APPARATUS / 7372.” Archie James Weith (1886-1980) used this thermometer while a graduate student in the chemistry department of the University of Kansas, in 1909-1913.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- thermometer
- Measurements
- overall: 30.5 cm x.5 cm; 12 in x 3/16 in
- overall: 12 5/8 in x 11/16 in; 32.0675 cm x 1.74625 cm
- ID Number
- 1998.0215.02
- accession number
- 1998.0215
- catalog number
- 1998.0215.02
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- Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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