Thermometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- MERCURY/CELSIUS/UNMOUNTED
- DATE
- 1911
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1993.0345.001
- MANUFACTURER
- FUESS, R.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Berlin-Steglitz, Germany
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- GLASS THERMOMETER/ METAL PARTS/ CERAMIC? SCALE/ MERCURY/ CARDBOARD TUBE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 32.0 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
- FUESS
- Country
- Germany
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Berlin-Steglitz
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1911 & AFTER
- Canada
-
FROM THERMOMETER COLLECTION OF R.C. JACOBSEN OF MSC (C. 1931-1951). HE TOOK PART IN CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL POLARYEAR EXPEDITION TO COPPERMINE, NWT (1932); WAS INVOLVED IN DESIGN OF MSC RADIOSONDE IN 1930'S; DESIGNED METEO INSTRUMENTS FOR AIRCRAFT 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. - Technical
-
CELSIUS VERSION OF MERCURY THERMOMETER USED BY BRITISH METEO OFFICE ASSMAN PSYCHROMETERS (2). IT IS OF EUROPEAN EINSCHLUSSTHERMOMETER STYLE IN WHICH SLENDER THERMOMETER TUBE IS ATTACHED TO GLASS SCALE, WITH BOTH ENCLOSED IN GLASS SHEATH (1). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- BROWN? LETTERING ON SCALE BACK READS "Centigr" & "R. FUESS Berlin-Steglitz", WITH BLACK "No. 3399"/ BROWN? LETTERING ON SHEATH READS "PTR42988 1911" WITH CROWN & EAGLE LOGO/ SCALE MARKINGS FOR -30 TO +45 DEGREES C.
- Missing
- COMPLETE
- Finish
- COLOURLESS, TRANSPARENT TUBE & SHEATH/ WHITE SCALE/ GREY METAL/ METALLIC BULB
- Decoration
- N/A
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FUESS, R., Thermometer, 1911, Artifact no. 1993.0345, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1993.0345.001/
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