Thermometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SPIRIT/HELICAL SCALE/REPLICA
- DATE
- 1985
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1993.0007.001
- MANUFACTURER
- SPIRIDION SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS
- MODEL
- FLORENTINE THERMOMETER REPLICA
- LOCATION
- Llantrisant, Wales
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 8
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- GLASS THERMOMETER CONTAINING ALCOHOL/ WOOD BOX WITH METAL HARDWARE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 9.3 cm
- Width
- 9.3 cm
- Height
- 38.0 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
- SPIRIDION
- Country
- Wales
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Llantrisant
Context
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- PURCHASED NEW
- Canada
-
NONE - FLORENTINE THERMOMETERMADE IN WALES. - Function
-
AN INSTRUMENT THAT MEASURE AIR TEMPERATURE FROM APPROXIMATELY 0 TO 40 DEGREES C. BY MEANS OF THE EXPANSION OF ALCOHOL IN A GLASS TUBE. IN REALITY, ITIS ONLY USEFUL TO SHOW TEMPERATURE CHANGES FROM SUCH THINGS AS BODY HEAT. - Technical
-
REPLICA OF THERMOMETER IN SCIENCE MUSEUM IN LONDON, WHICH WAS MADE C. 1657 FOR ACCADEMIA DEL CIMENTO IN FLORENCE BY ITS GLASS BLOWER GONFIA. THIS WAS ONE OF FIRST THERMOMETERS WITH SCALE & WAS VERY SENSITIVE, BUT ITS ACCURACY WAS LOW BECAUSE BAROMETRIC PRESSURE ALSO AFFECTS HEIGHT OF FLUID IN TUBE. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ETCHED MAKER'S TRADEMARK & SERIAL NO. '008' ON BASE/ PAINTED BLACK & WHITE DOTS FORM DIVISIONS OF SCALE ON TUBING.
- Missing
- NONE From CA of 12/22/1993 by Tony Missio: No - Complete
- Finish
- COULOURLESS, TRANSPARENT GLASS/ RED DYED ALCOHOL/ BROWN WOOD WITH BRASS COLOURED HARDWARE
- Decoration
- BULBS & SUPPORTING GLASS TUBING MADE WITH DECORATIVE CURVES & TIPS.
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SPIRIDION SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS, Thermometer, 1985, Artifact no. 1993.0007, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1993.0007.001/
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