Thermometer

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OBJECT TYPE
N/A
DATE
1867
ARTIFACT NUMBER
1987.0509.003
MANUFACTURER
Casella, L.
MODEL
Unknown
LOCATION
London, England

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General Information

Serial #
N/A
Part Number
3
Total Parts
3
AKA
Thermometer set
Patents
N/A
General Description
Glass and mercury thermometers mounted on a wooden board with metal brackets, with synthetic scales.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length
61.0 cm
Width
20.5 cm
Height
3.5 cm
Thickness
N/A
Weight
N/A
Diameter
N/A
Volume
N/A

Lexicon

Group
Meteorology
Category
Atmospheric temperature measurement
Sub-Category
N/A

Manufacturer

AKA
Casella
Country
England
State/Province
Unknown
City
London

Context

Country
Canada
State/Province
Ontario
Period
CA. 1867 TO 1930'S.
Canada
INSTRUMENT USED TO RECORD AIR TEMPERATURES AT CANADA'S FIRST METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY, PROVIDING A CONTINUOUS PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORD OF TEMPERATURE CHANGES FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES RATHER THAN WEATHER PREDICTION.
Function
Thermometer used to measure temperature together with a thermograph.
Technical
LATER (C. 1867) FORM OF KEW PHOTOGRAPHIC THERMOGRAPH ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED IN 1840'S AFTER INVENTION OF PHOTOGRAPHY. IT CONSISTS OF 2 MERCURY THERMOMETERS WITH BULBS IN OUTDOOR SCREEN & REST OF TUBES INDOORS, WHERE SYSTEM OF LENSES MAGNIFIES & FOCUSES LIGHT OF FLAME WHICH ILLUMINATES THERMOMETER TUBES. THIS THERMOGRAPH WAS BUILT BETWEEN 1867 AND 1873. THE ROYAL SOCIETY IN LONDON PROPOSED THE BUILDING OF THREE TYPES OF RECORDING INSTRUMENT, INCLUDING THE PHOTOGRAPHIC THERMOGRAPH AND BAROGRAPH (1987.0510), FOR BRITISH OBSERVATORIES IN 1867 AND BY LATER THAT YEAR EXAMPLES OF THESE INSTRUMENTS WERE OPERATING AT KEW AND OTHER OBSERVATORIES (REFS. 1-2). IN 1873, THE CANADIAN THERMOGRAPH AND BAROGRAPH WERE AT THE KEW OBSERVATORY IN LONDON FOR VERIFICATION (REF. 3)
Area Notes
Unknown

Details

Markings
N/A
Missing
Unknown
Finish
Unknown
Decoration
N/A

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Casella, L., Thermometer, after 1867, Artifact no. 1987.0509, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.0509.003/

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