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