Thermometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- MERCURY/MAXIMUM/FAHREN/MOUNTED
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1988.0944.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Negretti & Zambra
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- London, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- EG15119
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- GLASS INNTER & OUTER TUBES/ MERCURY/ RUBBER?/ WOOD (MAHOGANY) HOLDER WITH BRASS HARDWARE/ CARDBOARD BOX
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 40.5 cm
- Width
- 6.0 cm
- Height
- 4.1 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Forestry
- Category
- Silviculture
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Negretti Zambra
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- London
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
A BRITISH-MADE INSTRUMENT USED BY THE CANADIAN FORESTRY SERVICE TO MONITOR ATMOSPHERIC-CLIMATIC CONDITIONS. THIS TYPE WAS ALSO USED BY THE CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE BEFORE 1951. - Function
-
AN INSTRUMENT THAT MEASURES THE HIGHEST OR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE BY MEANS OF ITS EFFECT ON A COLUMN OF MERCURY, THE TOP OF WHICH REMAINS FIXED AT THE HIGHEST POINT THE MERCURY REACHES. - Technical
-
A DOUBLE TUBE OR SHEATHED THERMOMETER, WITH A SPHERICAL BULB. THE DOUBLE TUBE SERVED TO PROTECT THE SCALE FROM WEATHERING. THIS APPEARS TO BE THE N&ZCANADIAN PATTERN MAX. THEROMETER, WITH A SCALE OF -40 TO +110 (RATHER THATN THE BRITISH NORM OF 0-130 OR 15-145 FR.); N&Z'S 1938 CATALOGUE SHOWS THIS THERMOMETER MOUNTED IN A MAHOGANY HOLDER. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INCISED BLACK 'MADE IN ENGLAND', 'NEGRETTI & ZAMBRA LONDON', '[DEGREES] F', & 'MAXM' ON HOLDER SIDE/ BLACK SCALE ON FRONT FOR -40 TO +110 F. & MARKED 'EG.15119'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT GLASS WITH WHITE BACKED INNER TUBE/ METALLIC BULB/ RED-BROWN WOOD/ BRASS COLOURED HARDWARE
- Decoration
- INCISED BLACK N&Z LOGO ON HOLDER SIDE
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Negretti & Zambra, Thermometer, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1988.0944, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1988.0944.001/
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