General Information

Serial #

6171

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

GLASS THERMOMETER TUBE & SHEATH/ GLASS SCALE/ WIRE/ ALCOHOL/ CARDBOARD CASE

Dimensions

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

Length

50.3 cm

Width

N/A

Height

N/A

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

2.5 cm

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Meteorology

Category

Atmospheric temperature measurement

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Lauda

Country

Federal Republic of Germany

State/Province

Unknown

City

Lauda

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

1956+

Canada

Unknown

Function

AN INSTRUMENT USED TO MEASURE TEMPERATURE BY MEANS OF ITS EFFECT ON A COLUMN OF SPIRIT IN GLASS.

Technical

AN EXAMPLE OF A THERMOMETER MADE IN THE GERMAN EINSCHLUSSTHERMOMETER STYLE, WITH THE TUBE ATTACHED TO A GLASS SCALE AND THE WHOLE ENCLOSED IN A GLASS SHEATH. THE EINSCHLUSSTHERMOMETER WAS WIDELY USED IN CONTINENTAL EUROPE (REFs. 1-2), BUT NOT IN BRITAIN OR THE U.S. THIS EXAMPLE IS MARKED EINTAUCHTIEFE 110 MM MITTLER FADENTEMP 0 [DEGREES] C. AND IS POSSIBLY AN IMMERSION THERMOMETER FOR MEASURING WATER TEMPERATURES. TEMPERATURE MEASURING INSTRUMENT MAKER MESSGERATE-WERK LAUDA WAS FOUNDED IN 1956 BY DR. RUDOLF WOBSER AND IN 1989 WAS RENAMED LAUDA DR. R. WOBSER GMBH & CO. KG. LAUDA IS A TOWN ON THE TAUBER RIVER IN THE GERMAN STATE OF BADEN-WURTTEMBERG (REF. 4).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Black lettering on scale back reading 'Eintauchtiefe 90mm Mittlere Fadentemp 10C Messgerate-Werk Lauda/Tauber Bestell-Nr. 1.01 Made in Western Germany No. 6171', with markings on front for -80 to +40 C.

Missing

From CA of 12/29/1993 by Tony Missio: No - Complete

Finish

CLEAR, COLOURLESS GLASS/ WHITE SCALE/ ORANGE DYED SPIRIT/ RED BULB/ BLUE CARDBOARD

Decoration

N/A