Thermometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- MERCURY/IMMERSION/CELSIUS
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1993.0360.001
- MANUFACTURER
- H-B INSTRUMENT CO.
- MODEL
- 50 MM IMM
- LOCATION
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- T295584
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- GLASS THERMOMETER/ MERCURY
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 31.2 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
- HB
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Pennsylvania
- City
- Philadelphia
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
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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 ONTARIOIN HIS OWN PLANE. - Function
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INSTRUMENT USED TO MEASURE NARROW RANGE OF TEMPERATURE OF LIQUID IN WHICH IT IS IMMERSED, BY MEANS OF EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE ON COLUMN OF MERCURY IN GLASS. - Technical
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HEAVY SINGLE TUBE YELLOW BACKED CELSIUS THERMOMETER FOR IMMERSION IN LIQUIDS, WITH RANGE LIMITED TO 79 TO 82 DEGREES C. & 50 MM IMMERSION MARK. MADE BY AMERICAN MFR. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INCISED BLACK LETTERING READING "50 IMM" WITH MFR.'S LOGO & "T295584"/ INCISED BLACK SCALE MARKINGS FOR +79 TO +82 C.
- Missing
- COMPLETE
- Finish
- COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT THERMOMETER WITH YELLOW BACK/ METALLIC BULB
- Decoration
- N/A
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H-B INSTRUMENT CO., Thermometer, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1993.0360, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1993.0360.001/
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