Thermometer

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OBJECT TYPE
MERCURY/CELSIUS/UNMOUNTED
DATE
1949
ARTIFACT NUMBER
1993.0356.001
MANUFACTURER
H-B INSTRUMENT CO.
MODEL
Unknown
LOCATION
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #
N/A
Part Number
1
Total Parts
1
AKA
N/A
Patents
N/A
General Description
GLASS THERMOMETER/ MERCURY/ WOOD CASE WITH PAPER LABEL

Dimensions

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

Length
33.7 cm
Width
2.0 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
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 ON THERMOMETER FRONT READING "H-B" & "U.S.A."/ INCISED BLACK SCALE MARKINGS FOR O TO 205 C./ HANDWRITTEN CELLO TAPE LABEL READS "FP 0.2 HIGH"/ BLACK LETTERING ON CASE LABEL READS "Yellow Back Engraved Stem Thermometers/ Catalog No. 20008 C/ Principal Range: 0 to 205 [DEGREES] C./ H-B Instrument Company Philadelphia, Pa./ 1949 Made in U.S.A.", WITH HANDWRITTEN "FP 0.2 Low"/ BLACK STAMPED LETTERING ON CASE READS "JACOBSEN/ 32 LOWTHER AVE. TORONTO 5"
Missing
COMPLETE
Finish
COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT THERMOMETER WITH YELLOW BACK/ METALLIC BULB/ UNFINISHED WOOD/ BUFF PAPER
Decoration
N/A

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H-B INSTRUMENT CO., Thermometer, 1949, Artifact no. 1993.0356, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1993.0356.001/

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