Thermometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- MERCURY/DEEP SEA/FAHREN/MOUNTED
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.0652.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Negretti & Zambra
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- London, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 86602
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- HEAVY METAL FRAME AND THERMOMETER CASING/ METAL PROPELLER/ MAHOGANY CASE WITH METAL HARDWARE/ GLASS THERMOMETER/ MERCURY
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 46.0 cm
- Width
- 11.7 cm
- Height
- 5.8 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
- Negretti Zambra
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- London
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
AN INSTRUMENT THAT MEASURES DEEP SEA TEMPERATURES BY MEANS OF ITS EFFECT ON A COLUMN OF MERCURY IN GLASS. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Incised lettering on frame reading 'NEGRETTI & ZAMBRA. LONDON' & 'PATENT STANDARD/DEEP SEA THERMOMETER' on one side & 'COMDIE G.B. MAGNAGHIS/ IMPROVED FRAME' on other/black lettering on thermometer back reading 'Negretti & Zambra's Patent Deep Sea Thermometer/86602', & front marked for +10 to +90.
- Missing
- PROPELLER BLADE BROKEN OFF AND MISSING - OTHERWISE CONDITION EXCELLENT From CA of 12/22/1993 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
- Finish
- GOLD AND BRASS COLOURED FRAME AND CASING/ COPPERCOLOURED PROPELLER/ VARNISHED WOOD/ CLEAR, COLOURLESS FRONT AND WHITE BACKED THERMOMETER
- Decoration
- N/A
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Negretti & Zambra, Thermometer, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1987.0652, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.0652.001/
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