Thermometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- STANDARD/MERCURY/FAHREN/UNMOUNTED
- DATE
- 1882
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1993.0341.001
- MANUFACTURER
- KEW OBSERVATORY
- MODEL
- KEW STANDARD
- LOCATION
- England
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General Information
- Serial #
- 610
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- GLASS THERMOMETER/ MERCURY/ BRASS CASE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 63.9 cm
- Width
- 1.3 cm
- Height
- N/A
- 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
- KEW
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1882 & AFTER
- Canada
-
FROM THERMOMETER COLLECTION OF R.C. JACOBSEN OF MSC (C. 1931- 1951). HE TOOK PART IN CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR EXPEDITION TO COPPERMINE, NWT (1932); WAS INVOLVED IN DESIGN OF MSC RADIOSONDE IN 1930'S; DESIGNED METEO INSTRUMENTS FOR AIRCRAFT WHICH HE USED TOMAKE OBSERVATIONS OVER LAKE ONTARIO IN HIS OWN PLANE. - Function
-
INSTRUMENT USED TO MEASURE TEMPERATURE BY MEANS OF ITS EFFECT ON COLUMN OF MERCURY IN GLASS. STANDARD INSTRUMENTS WOULD HAVE BEEN USED TO VERIFY ACCURACY OF THERMOMETERS IN EVERY DAY USE. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF 19TH CENTURY STANDARD MERCURY THERMOMETER MADE FOR AND/OR VERIFIED BY BRITAIN'S KEW OBSERVATORY. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INCISED BLACK HANDWRITING ON BACK READS "Kew Observatory January 1882 Kew Standard No. 610" & POSSIBLY "JMB"/ INCISED BLACK SCALE MARKINGS FOR -40 TO + 200
- Missing
- COMPLETE From CA of 07/05/1999 by Kevin Machan: No - Artifact appears to be complete.
- Finish
- CLEAR, COLOURLESS GLASS TUBE WITH WHITE BACK/ METALLIC BULB/ FLAT BLACK PAINTED CASE
- Decoration
- N/A
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KEW OBSERVATORY, Thermometer, 1882, Artifact no. 1993.0341, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1993.0341.001/
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