General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

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General Description

GLASS TUBES/ METAL CAP/ CERAMIC SCALE/ CARDBOARD TUBE

Dimensions

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

Length

58.5 cm

Width

2.2 cm

Height

N/A

Thickness

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Weight

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Diameter

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Volume

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Lexicon

Group

Physics

Category

Thermal & thermal conductivity

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

Germany

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

Unknown

Canada

EXAMPLE OF EQUIPMENT USED AT LARGEST RESEARCH INSTITUTION IN CANADA DURING PERIOD OF ITS MOST RAPID GROWTH, GREATEST PRODUCTIVITY & DURING WHICH IT DEVELOPED WORLD RENOWNED REPUTATION.

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 LETTERING ON SCALE BACK READS "Centigrade", "Jenaer Normalglas", & "Thermometer nach Beckmann"/ BLACK STAMPED "386" & "1936" WITH GERMAN EAGLE CREST ON BACK/ BLACK SCALE & MARKINGS FOR -O.18 TO 6.45 DEGREES C., & 2.20 TO 0.20 ON AUXILIARY SCALE/ HAND WRITTEN BLACK "2' ON FRONT OF OUTER TUBE

Missing

COMPLETE

Finish

COLOURLESS & TRANSPARENT GLASS/ WHITE SCALE/ PLATED CAP/ TEXTURED BLACK & RED PAPER COVERING ON TUBE

Decoration

RED LINE LENGTHWISE DOWN OUTER TUBE