Thermometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- DEFORMATION/BIMETAL/FLAT CHART
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1968.0727.001
- MANUFACTURER
- SCHAEFFER & BUDENBERG MFG. CO.
- MODEL
- COLUMBIA
- LOCATION
- Brooklyn, New York, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 10142
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Metal casing/glass cover/metal pen, parts/ synthetic wire covering/paper chart.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 37.2 cm
- Width
- 29.0 cm
- Height
- 10.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Metrology
- Category
- Temperature
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- SCHAEFFER BUDENBERG
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- Brooklyn
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
Instrument used to measure and record temperatures. - Technical
-
In 1887 Daniel Draper of Central Park Observatory, New York City invented a bimetallic recording thermometer with a flat circular chart (1), very similar to Schaeffer instrument. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Cast lettering on front reading 'PATENT APPLIED FOR', & 'COLUMBIA/ RECORDING/THERMOMETER/THE SCHAEFFER & BUDENBERG/MFG. CO./BROOKLY, N.Y.'/incisedserial no. '10142'.
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Casing back and sides painted green, front gold/black synthetic.
- Decoration
- N/A
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SCHAEFFER & BUDENBERG MFG. CO., Thermometer, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1968.0727, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1968.0727.001/
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