Thermometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- MERCURY/FAHREN/BATTERY TESTING
- DATE
- 1928
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0751.001
- MANUFACTURER
- KIMBLE GLASS CO.
- MODEL
- 3200
- LOCATION
- Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 GLASS TUBE WITH PAPER SCALE, MERCURY, METAL BALLS/.2 CARDBOARD
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 22.0 cm
- Width
- 2.8 cm
- Height
- 2.4 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Motorized Ground Transportation
- Category
- Servicing
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- KIMBLE
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Pennsylvania
- City
- Conshohocken
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- C. 1928 +
- Canada
-
FROM COLLECTION OF AUTOMOBILE PTS & SERVICING EQ ACQUIRED BY MR. T.H. OLIVER, FATHER OF DONOR, DURING CAREER IN AUTOMOTIVE SERVICING. AFTER WORKING AT WILLYS-OVERLAND & FAIRBANKS-MORSE IN TORONTO, & IN AUTO GARAGE IN AURORA, IN 1931 HE BEGAN HIS OWN BUSINESS, ONE PART OF WHICH INVOLVED AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRICAL SERVICING. - Function
-
DEVICE USED TO MEASURE TEMPERATURE OF SULPHURIC ACID ELECTROLYTE OF AUTOMOBILE BATTERY; TEMPERATURE READING & RELATED CORRECTION FACTORS WERE THEN USED TO ADJUST SPECIFIC GRAVITY READINGS OF HYDROMETER TO STANDARD BASE. - Technical
-
BY EARLY 1920'S, BATTERY TESTING BECAME IMPORTANT AREA OF SPECIALIZATION WITH NUMBER OF SPECIALIZED TESTING INSTRUMENTS REQUIRED BY SKILLED BATTERY MAN WISHING TO BUILD BUSINESS (REF. 1). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 BLACK LETTERING ON LABEL READS "Battery Testing Thermometer Fahrenheit Scale Catalog. No. 3200" & "MAD IN U.S.A. BY KIMBLE GLASS COMPANY, CONSHOHOCKEN, PA." WITH CORRECTION INSTRUCTIONS/.2 BLACK STAMPED "-10 TO 130 F."
- Missing
- COMPLETE
- Finish
- .1 COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT GLASS; WHITE PAPER; METALLIC BULB & BALLS WITH RED SUBSTANCE
- Decoration
- N/A
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KIMBLE GLASS CO., Thermometer, circa 1928, Artifact no. 1997.0751, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0751.001/
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