Thermometer

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OBJECT TYPE: L1QUID/BECKMAN/MERCURY/CELSIUS
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1995.0248.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Germany

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: GLASS TUBES/ CERAMIC SCALE/ METAL CAP/ MERCURY

Dimensions

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

Length: N/A
Width: 1.5 cm
Height: 28.0 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: Unknown
Country: Germany
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: Unknown
Canada: FROM LABORATORY OF NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA, ONE OF CANADA'S FOREMOST RESEARCHESTABLISHMENTS IN NUMBER OF SCIENTIFIC & TECHNOLOGICAL AREAS.
Function: INSTRUMENT WHICH MEASURES TEMPERATURE BY MEANS OF ITS EFFECT ON COLUMN OF MERCURY. THIS IS PRECISION THEROMETER, WITH DIVISIONS FOR 1/100 DEGREES C., READABLE TO 1/1000 DEGREES C., USED TO MEASURE FREEZING OR BOILING POINTS OF LIQUIDS. IT IS CAPABLE OF MEASURING SMALL CHANGES IN TEMPERATURE TO HIGH DEGREE OF PRECISION.
Technical: INVENTED BY BECKMANN C. 1888, THIS TYPE OF THERMOMETER WAS STILL BEING USED CENTURY LATER. IT IS CHARACTERIZED BY AUXILIARY RESERVOIR & SCALE AT TOP WHICH ALLOW LEVEL OF MERCURY TO BE ADJUSTED IN THERMOMETER TUBE, THUS ADJUSTING THERMOMETER TO MEASURE AT DIFFERENT TEMPERATURE LEVELS.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: GOLD (& GREEN?) LETTERING ON SCALE READS "Centigrade Jenaer Normalglas Thermometer nach Beckmann'/ HANDWRITTEN BLACK LETTERING ON SCALE FRONT READS "1 Tropfen Hg-Ca: 15 C."/ BLACK SCALE MARKINGS FOR -2 TO 32 C.
Missing: COMPLETE
Finish: COLOURLESS & TRANSPARENT GLASS/ WHITE CERAMIC/ PLATED? METAL
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Thermometer, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1995.0248, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.0248.001/

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