Thermometer
Thermometer
- Description
- Gustav W. Schumacher, a machinist in Maine, obtained a patent for a metal thermometer in 1876. This is the model he submitted with his patent application. The inscription reads "G.W. Schumacher Portland, ME."
- Ref: Schumacher, “Improvement in Thermometers,” U.S. Patent 172,181 (January 11, 1876).
- Object Name
- thermometer
- Object Type
- Patent Model
- Measurements
- overall: 11 1/2 in x 4 1/2 in; 29.21 cm x 11.43 cm
- ID Number
- PH.308948
- catalog number
- 308948
- accession number
- 89797
- patent number
- 172,181
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- Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
- Exhibition
- Inventing in America
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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