Hohmann & Maurer Temperature and Pressure Gauge
Hohmann & Maurer Temperature and Pressure Gauge
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- Description
- This is a short-stem instrument designed for industrial use. The brass plate at the top of the V-shaped iron case is marked “HOHMANN & MAURER / 90 / FULTON ST / NEW YORK / 1121.” The brass housing around the mercury-in-glass thermometer is graduated, on one side, from 140 to 274 degrees Fahrenheit. The other side is marked “HOHMANN & MAURER / 90 / FULTON ST. NEW YORK” and has a scale from zero to 25, presumably for pressure in pounds per square inch. This was probably made in the mid-1880s, shortly after the firm began in business in New York City. It came to the Smithsonian in 1923.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Temperature and Pressure Gauge
- date made
- ca 1885
- maker
- Hohmann & Maurer
- place made
- United States: New York, New York City
- Measurements
- overall: 16 1/2 in; 41.91 cm
- overall: 16 5/8 in x 2 3/4 in x 2 1/4 in; 42.2275 cm x 6.985 cm x 5.715 cm
- ID Number
- PH.308161
- catalog number
- 308161
- accession number
- 70532
- Credit Line
- Taylor Instrument Companies
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
- Thermometers and Hygrometers
- Measuring & Mapping
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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