Thermometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- MERCURY/MAXIMUM/FAHREN/MOUNTED
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1988.0938.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Casella
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- London, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD HOLDER WITH NON-FERROUS METAL PROTECTOR & HANGERS/ LAMINATED SYNTHETIC SCALE/ GLASS THERMOMETER TUBE/ MERCURY/ CARDBOARD BOX
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
- 9.3 cm
- Height
- 3.4 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Forestry
- Category
- Silviculture
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Casella
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- London
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1960'S
- Canada
-
A BRITISH-MADE THERMOMETER USED BY THE CANADIAN FORESTRY SERVICE TO MONITOR ATMOSPHERIC-CLIMATIC CONDITIONS. SIMILAR THERMOMETERS WERE USED BY THE CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE BEFORE C.1940. - Function
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AN INSTRUMENT THAT MEASURES THE HIGHEST OR MAXIMUM AIR TEMPERATURE, BY MEANS OF ITS EFFECT ON A COLUMN OF MERCURY, THE TOP OF WHICH REMAINS FIXED AT THE HIGHEST POINT THE COLUMN REACHES. - Technical
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A STYLE OF THERMOMETER IN EXISTENCE SINCE AT LEAST THE 1920'S & POSSIBLY EARLIER. THELAMINATED SYNTHETIC SCALE REPLACES THE OPAL GLASS SCALE USED EARLIER. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INCISED BLACK 'MAXIMUM CASELLA LONDON 98371F' ON SCALE, WITH MARKINGS FOR 0 TO 120 DEGREES/ BLACK INCISED SCALE MARKINGS ON THERMOMETER WITH 'Casella London' IN SCRIPT & '98371'/ HANDWRITTEN ON BOX 'OK 10/10/69' & 'A-393/ MAX'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- UNFINISHED WOOD/ BLACK PAINTED METAL/ WHITE SCALE/ CLEAR COLOURLESS GLASS WITH WHITE BACK & METALLIC BULB/ BLUE CARDBOARD
- Decoration
- MFR'S LOGO ON BOX READING 'CASELLA/ LONDON'
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Casella, Thermometer, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1988.0938, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1988.0938.001/
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