Thermometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- EVAPORATION PAN/SPIRIT/MINIMUM/CELSIUS/MOUNTED
- DATE
- 1975–1989
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1989.0107.001
- MANUFACTURER
- JUMO
- MODEL
- AES MIN
- LOCATION
- Federal Republic of Germany
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 CERAMIC STAND/.2 METAL HOLDER WITH RUBBER RINGS/ GLASS THERMOMETER/ SPIRIT
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 35.9 cm
- Width
- 2.5 cm
- Height
- 3.6 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Meteorology
- Category
- Atmospheric temperature measurement
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- JUMO
- Country
- Federal Republic of Germany
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1970's & 1980's
- Canada
-
A THERMOMETER MADE IN GERMANY FOR THE CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE, USED WITH AN EVAPORATION PANTHERMOMETER STAND OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN AT CANADIAN EVAPORATION OBSERVING STATIONS. THE THERMOMETER MAY HAVE BEEN MADE AFTER 1975, WHEN THE BROADCAST OF TEMPERATURE IN CELSIUS BEGAN IN CANADA. - Function
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USED IN AN EVAPORATION PAN TO MEASURE THE LOWEST OR MINIMUM WATER TEMPERATURE BY MEANS OF A CONICAL GLASS INDEX WHICH REMAINS FIXED IN A COLUMN OF ALCOHOL AT THE LOWEST POINT TO WHICH THE LIQUID DROPS. AN EVAPORATION PAN IS USED IN MEASURING EVAPORATION. - Technical
-
A CONVENTIONAL MINIMUM THERMOMETER OF THE TYPE USED BY THE CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE AFTER 1971, MADE INTO A SPECIALIZED EVAPORATION PAN THERMOMETER BY MOUNTING IT IN AN ALUMINUM TUBE WITH A PIN ENABLING IT TO BE MOUNTED IN A CERAMIC STAND. THE STAND RESTS ON THE BOTTOM OF AN EVAPORATION PAN. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Black lettering incised on thermometer back reading: 'AES MIN JUMO MADE IN W/GERMANY'and on front 'NC74 1363', black markings on scale for -70 to +45.
- Missing
- From CA of 12/30/1993 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
- Finish
- METALLIC GREY HOLDER WITH BLACK RUBBER/ CLEAR, COLOURLESS THERMOMETER WITH WHITE BACK, METALLIC BULB
- Decoration
- N/A
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JUMO, Thermometer, between 1975–1989, Artifact no. 1989.0107, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1989.0107.001/
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