Thermometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SPIRIT/FAHREN/MOUNTED
- DATE
- 1950–1970
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.0709.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Weksler
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- New York, New York, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- ALUMINUM SCALE & HOLDER/ GLASS THERMOMETER/ ALCOHOL/ GRAPHITE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 25.3 cm
- Width
- 4.3 cm
- Height
- 2.3 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Industrial Technology
- Category
- Industrial equipment
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Weksler
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- New York
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
PROBABLY DESIGNED TO BE FITTED INTO A PIPE CONTAINING LIQUID TO MEASURE THE TEMPERATURE OF THE LIQUID. - Technical
-
A RED DYED SPIRIT THERMOMETER MOUNTED ON A VERTICAL SCALE IN A METAL HOLDER, WITH A THREADED SCREW END WHICH ALLOWS THE THERMOMETER TO BE MOUNTED IN A PIPE, ETC. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- WHITE LETTERING ON SCALE READING 'FREEZING', 'MADE IN U.S.A.', & 'WEKSLER/ N.Y.C.'/ WITH MARKINGS FOR -20 TO +120 F.
- Missing
- From CA of 01/11/1993 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
- Finish
- ANODIZED ALUMINUM FRAME/ BLACK SCALE/ CLEAR COLOURLESS GLASS/ RED SPIRIT
- Decoration
- EMBOSSED RADIATING LINE MOTIF ON HOLDERFRAME
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Weksler, Thermometer, between 1950–1970, Artifact no. 1987.0709, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.0709.001/
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