Thermometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- mercury/Fahrenheit
- DATE
- 1890–1910
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.0892.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Zeal, G.H.
- MODEL
- B.S.691 Stubby
- LOCATION
- London, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Clear and white glass tube bears scale and other markings printed in black; silver mercury visible within tube; silver metal threaded end cap.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 10.7 cm
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Medical Technology
- Category
- Instruments
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Zeal
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- London
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- This example used c. 1915- 1970s; possibly also used earlier/later.
- 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
-
To measure internal body temperature. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- "B.S. 691 "STUBBY" G.H. ZEAL LONDON ENGLAND" printed in black on tube. "Y48E" and scale markings 95, [up arrow symbol], 100, 5 and 110 printed on reverse. UHN catalogue no. "980 12 a" printed by hand in black ink on tube.
- Missing
- Appears complete.
- Finish
- Clear and white glass tube bears scale and other markings printed in black; silver mercury visible within tube; silver metal threaded end cap.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Zeal, G.H., Thermometer, between 1890–1910, Artifact no. 2002.0892, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0892.001/
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