General Information

Serial #

5

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

glass, metal [including mercury], fibre [cotton] and bone [ivory]

Dimensions

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

Length

10.2 cm

Width

1.8 cm

Height

N/A

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Metrology

Category

Temperature

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Braham

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

City

Bristol

Context

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Made and presumably used c. 1831+

Canada

Part of a large collection of medical artifacts, archival material & trade literature transferred to CSTM in 2002 from the former History of Medicine Museum, Toronto, ON.

Function

Unknown

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

"BRAHAM/ OPTICIAN BRISTOL" printed in black on plaque, above thermometer. Scale divided -0 to 120 by increments of 2, and labelled at intervals of 10 printed on plaque, to left of thermometer; "FREEZ/ING" marked to right of 32 [degrees], "TEMPE/ RATE" marked to right of 56 [degrees], "SUM R/ HEAT" marked to right of 76 [degrees], "BLOOD/ HEAT" marked to right of 98 [degrees], and "FEVER/ HEAT" marked to right of 102 [degrees]. "The/ gift/ of T.V./ Julia Bird/ 1831" handwritten in pencil on plaque top, around mfr's markings. "The gift of Mrs. Moss/ affectionate Mother of Mann [?]/ July 27 th 1856" handwritten in pencil on reverse. "5" marked in black in one corner of plaque back, near bulb. UHN catalogue number "981.33.1a" printed by hand in black ink, also on reverse.

Missing

None.

Finish

Clear glass thermometer tube containing mercury, mounted on ivory plaque fitted with green cotton [?] suspension loop; silver metal fittings secure tube to plaque.

Decoration

N/A