Thermometer
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- Description
- Mercury-in-glass thermometer with a milk-white back. Inscriptions read “1 MIN” and “TAYLOR 69” and “ROCHESTER, N.Y.” The scale extends to 110 degrees Fahrenheit, divided in fifths. The Taylor Instrument Companies gave it to the Smithsonian in 1923.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- thermometers, set
- Other Terms
- Diagnostic Medicine
- date made
- before 1923
- maker
- Taylor Instrument Co.
- place made
- United States: New York, Rochester
- Measurements
- overall: 1/4 in x 4 1/8 in x 1/4 in;.635 cm x 10.4775 cm x.635 cm
- ID Number
- MG.M-07715
- catalog number
- M-07715
- accession number
- 70532
- Credit Line
- Taylor Instrument Companies
- subject
- Medicine
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- Thermometers and Hygrometers
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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