Thermometer
Use this image
Can I reuse this image without permission? Yes
Object images on the Ingenium Collection’s portal have the following Creative Commons license:
Copyright Ingenium / CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)
ATTRIBUTE THIS IMAGE
Ingenium,
1993.0355.001
Permalink:
Ingenium is releasing this image under the Creative Commons licensing framework, and encourages downloading and reuse for non-commercial purposes. Please acknowledge Ingenium and cite the artifact number.
DOWNLOAD IMAGEPURCHASE THIS IMAGE
This image is free for non-commercial use.
For commercial use, please consult our Reproduction Fees and contact us to purchase the image.
- OBJECT TYPE
- MERCURY/CELSIUS/UNMOUNTED
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1993.0355.001
- MANUFACTURER
- H-B INSTRUMENT CO.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- B 79
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- GLASS THERMOMETER/ MERCURY/ COTTON? COVER, WOOD PROTECTOR, CARDBOARD BOX
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 33.1 cm
- Width
- 2.1 cm
- Height
- 2.1 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
- HB
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Pennsylvania
- City
- Philadelphia
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- 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 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. - Technical
-
MERCURY THERMOMETER BY AMERICAN MFR., WITH CYLINDRICAL BULB &OPPOSITE END TERMINATING IN SMALL GLASS CIRCLE FOR SUSPENSION. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INCISED BLACK MFR.'S LOGO & LETTERING READING "B 79"/ INCISED BLACK SCALE MARKINGS FOR -15 TO +110/ HAND PAINTED YELLOW LETTERING ON BACK READS "RCJ"/ BLACK LETTERING ON BOX READING "H-B INSTRUMENT COMPANY/ [LOGO] Instruments for Laboratory and Industry [SCRIPT]/ AMERICAN AND BRISTOL STREETS, PHILADELPHIA 40, PA., U.S.A.", YELLOW LETTERING READING "Engraved Stem [SCRIPT] GLASS THERMOMETER [BLOCK] for Master Instrumentation", HANDWRITING READING "Black Reading/ -15 to +110 [DEGREES] C", "FP OK R72" & "RCJ"
- Missing
- COMPLETE
- Finish
- COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT THERMOMETER WITH YELLOW BACK/ METALLIC BULB/ WHITE FABRIC/ UNFINISHED WOOD/ YELLOW & BLACK BOX
- Decoration
- ALTERNATING BLACK & YELLOW/YELLOW & BLACK MFR.'S LOGOS ENCIRCLING BOX NEAR ONE END
CITE THIS OBJECT
If you choose to share our information about this collection object, please cite:
H-B INSTRUMENT CO., Thermometer, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1993.0355, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1993.0355.001/
FEEDBACK
Submit a question or comment about this artifact.
More Like This
1993.0355.001
