Thermometer
Thermometer
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- Description
- Mercury in glass thermometer. The scale reads from -10 to +250 degrees C. An inscription reads “MADE IN USA / 3513.” A paper label on the cardboard tube reads, in part, “7372 / THERMOMETER ENG. STEM /.” 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: 30.7 cm x.6 cm; 12 3/32 in x 1/4 in
- overall in box: 12 15/16 in x 5/8 in; 32.86125 cm x 1.5875 cm
- ID Number
- 1998.0215.05
- accession number
- 1998.0215
- catalog number
- 1998.0215.05
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- Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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