Solar Radiation Thermometer
Solar Radiation Thermometer
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- Description
- This is a mercury-in-glass thermometer with a brass collar at the lower end of the tube. The milk-white scale is marked “Centigrade” and “J. Salleron 24 Rue Pavee (au Marais) Paris” and carries a scale extending from -20 to +82 degrees Centigrade. The protective glass tube is marked “1 26”. Jules Salleron was a prominent precision instrument maker in Paris.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- thermometer
- date made
- ca 1875-1897
- maker
- Salleron, Jules
- place made
- France: Île-de-France, Paris
- Measurements
- overall: 18 in; 45.72 cm
- overall: 18 1/2 in x 1 3/4 in; 46.99 cm x 4.445 cm
- ID Number
- PH.314559
- catalog number
- 314559
- accession number
- 204612
- Credit Line
- U.S. Weather Bureau
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- Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
- Measuring & Mapping
- Thermometers and Hygrometers
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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