Thermometer
notes: label: Description
content: Mercury-in-glass minimum thermometer with a “G.M. M'F'G Co NY 41-239” inscription. The G.M. Mfg. and Instrument Co. manufactured and distributed the GEMWARE line of mechanical, optical and electrical instruments for oceanographic and limnological research. The firm was in New York City in 1953, and later in the Bronx.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2006.0085.01
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0085.01
label: accession number
content: 2006.0085
objectType: label: Object Name
content: thermometer
label: Object Name
content: Thermometer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (fittings material)
label: Physical Description
content: mercury (liquid material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (case material)
label: Measurements
content: thermometer: 32 cm x 2 cm; 12 5/8 in x 13/16 in
label: Measurements
content: case: 38.5 cm x 3.8 cm x 3.8 cm; 15 3/16 in x 1 1/2 in x 1 1/2 in
label: Measurements
content: overall in case: 15 1/8 in x 1 7/16 in x 1 7/16 in; 38.4175 cm x 3.65125 cm x 3.65125 cm