Thermometer

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OBJECT TYPE: MERCURY/MAXIMUM/FAHREN/MOUNTED
DATE: 1949
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1988.0945.001

MANUFACTURER: Coson, A.C.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: England

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: GLASS TUBE/ MERCURY/ METALMOUNT

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: 6.7 cm
Height: 1.9 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Forestry
Category: Silviculture
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Coson
Country: England
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

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 EXAMPLE IS MARKED 'DOMINION FOREST SERVICE' & 'FORESTRY BRANCH'. THE FORMER WAS THE NAME OF THE DEPARTMENT FROM 1936 TO 1949 WHILE THE LATTER WAS USED FROM 1949 TO 1960 & 1966 TO 1971 (SEE SUPP.INFO.)
Function: 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 AT THE HIGHEST POINT THE COLUMN REACHES.
Technical: AN OLDER STYLE OF MAXIMUM THERMOMETER, WITH THE TUBE BENT AT THE NECK (SEE ILLUSTRATION OF A SIMILAR INSTRUMENT IN SHORT & MASON'S C. 1914 CATALOGUE)
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: INCISED LETTERING ON HOLDER READS 'A.C. COSON', 'MADE IN ENGLAND', 'HUGHES/OWENS', 'FREEZING', & 'MAXIMUM'/ HOLDER INCISED BY HAND 'Forestry Branch' (IN SCRIPT) ON FRONT & 'D.F.S.' & 'Dominion? Forest Service (IN SCRIPT) ON BACK/ BLACK ETCHED SCALE FOR -40 TO +120 F.
Missing: N/A
Finish: COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT GLASS WITH WHITE BACK/ BLACK PAINTED HOLDER BACK & TOP, GREY FRONT
Decoration: N/A

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Coson, A.C., Thermometer, before 1949, Artifact no. 1988.0945, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1988.0945.001/

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