Thermometer

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OBJECT TYPE
STANDARD/MERCURY/FAHREN/UNMOUNTED
DATE
1882
ARTIFACT NUMBER
1993.0342.001
MANUFACTURER
KEW OBSERVATORY
MODEL
KEW STANDARD
LOCATION
England

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General Information

Serial #
617
Part Number
1
Total Parts
1
AKA
N/A
Patents
N/A
General Description
GLASS THERMOMETER/ MERCURY/ WOOD BOX

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length
42.6 cm
Width
N/A
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 FORAIRCRAFT WHICH HE USED TO MAKE 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 June 1882 KS No. 617"/ BLACK SCALE MARKINGS FOR -25 TO +125/ HANDWRITING ON BOX READS "Property of/ R.C. Jacobsen" WITH SEVERAL THERMOMETER SERIAL NOS. & "also Kew #617"
Missing
COMPLETE
Finish
CLEAR, COLOURLESS GLASS TUBE WITH WHITE BACK/ METALLIC BULB/ UNFINISHED WOOD
Decoration
N/A

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