General Information

Serial #

T710856

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

GLASS THERMOMETER/ MERCURY/ WOOD CASE WITH PAPER LABEL/ COTTON? PROTECTOR

Dimensions

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

Length

43.7 cm

Width

1.8 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 SHORT CYLINDRICAL BULB & OPPOSITE END TERMINATINGIN SMALL GLASS CIRCLE FOR SUSPENSION. USED IN DISTILLATION & HAS HIGH TEMPERATURE SCALE FOR -2 TO +400 DEGREES C.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

INCISED BLACK LETTERING ON THERMOMETER BACK READS "ASTM HIGH DIST 8C" WITH MFR.'S LOGO & "T710856 USA"/ INCISED BLACK SCALE MARKINGS FOR O TO 400 C. ON FRONT/ BLACK & GREEN LETTERING ON LABEL ON CASE READS "DOUBLE DIAMOND/ H-B [LOGO]/ TRADEMARK REG. U.S. PAT. OFF./ Engraved Stem Thermometer/ A.S.T.M. High Distillation/ Minus 2 to +400 C./ Cat. No. 21520-C/ H-B INSTRUMENT COMPANY/ PHILADELPHIA. PENNA. U.S.A."

Missing

COMPLETE

Finish

COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT THERMOMETER WITH YELLOW BACK/ METALLIC BULB/ UNFINISHED WOOD/ BLACK & GREEN PAPER/ WHITE FABRIC

Decoration

N/A