Thermometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- MERCURY/IMMERSION/CELSIUS/LAB
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1993.0369.001
- MANUFACTURER
- FISHER SCIENTIFIC
- MODEL
- 14-985B
- LOCATION
- Republic of Korea
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General Information
- Serial #
- 7081K
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- GLASS THERMOMETER/ MERCURY/ PLASTIC CASE WITH PAPER LABELS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 31.9 cm
- Width
- 1.4 cm
- Height
- 1.3 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Chemistry
- Category
- Test-measurement equipment
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- FISHER SCIENTIFIC
- Country
- Republic of Korea
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
FROM THERMOMETER COLLECTION OF R.C. JACOBSEN OF MSC (C. 1931- 1951). HE TOOK PART INCANADIAN 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 OF LIQUIDS IN LABORATORY BY MEANS OF EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE ON COLUMN OF MERCURY IN GLASS WHEN THERMOMETER IS IMMERSED. - Technical
-
GENERAL LABORATORY THERMOMETER, FILLED WITH NITROGEN GAS ABOVE MERCURY COLUMN. NO. 149-85 THERMOMETERS OF THIS SIZE & CALIBRATON APPEAR IN FISHER CATALOGUES FROM AT LEAST 1926 TO 1967; 14-985B APPEARS IN CATALOGUES FROM AT LEAST 1962-1967. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INCISED RED-BROWN LETTERING ON BACK READING "76MM IMM FISHER brand 14-958 KOREA 7081K"/ INCISED RED-BROWN SCALE MARKINGS ON FRONT FOR -20 TO +110 F./ LABEL ON CASE READS "CAT. NO. 14-985B/ RANGE -20 to 110[DEGREES] C./ TOLERANCE -20-110[DEGREES] C: 1[DEGREES] C./ FISHER SCIENTIFIC"/ SECOND LABEL ON CASE READS "Individually Retested Meets NBS Specifications Monograph 150" & "GUARANTEED/ F/ TOLERANCE"
- Missing
- COMPLETE
- Finish
- COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT THERMOMETER WITH WHITE BACK/ METALLIC BULB/ COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT CASE WITH GREEN END/ SILVER & BLACK & WHITE LABELS
- Decoration
- N/A
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FISHER SCIENTIFIC, Thermometer, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1993.0369, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1993.0369.001/
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