Thermometer (Replica)
notes: label: Description
content: Ferdinand II (1610-1670), the Grand Duke Tuscany, supported Galileo, encouraged his experimental researches, and commissioned a spirit in glass thermometer. This is a replica of an instrument of that sort.
label: Description
content: Ref: W. E. K. Middleton, <i>Catalog of Meteorological Instruments in the Museum of History and Technology</i> (Washington, D.C., 1969), p. 39.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.322750
label: catalog number
content: 322750
label: accession number
content: 248673
objectType: label: Object Name
content: thermometer (replica)
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 43 in; 109.22 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall in case: 3 5/8 in x 40 1/4 in x 3 9/16 in; 9.2075 cm x 102.235 cm x 9.04875 cm