Thermometer
name: label: maker
content: Hohmann & Maurer
notes: label: Description
content: The thermometric scale of this instrument reads from 150 to 260 degrees Fahrenheit, and the pressure scale from 0 to 20. The inscription at the top of the metal frame reads “HOHMAN & MAURER / PLYMOUTH / & JAY STS / BROOKLYN, N.Y. / U.S.A. / 1679.” Those on the face read “HOHMAN & MAURER / PLYMOUTH & JAY STS. BROOKLYN, N.Y.” and “FAHRT. / TEMPERATURE / SCALE” and “PRESSURE / SCALE / Lbs. per Sq. In.”
label: Description
content: Henry W. Maurer (1862-1934) came from Switzerland as a young man and worked as a cook in Manhattan. In 1885, with financial backing from Mr. Hohmann (who apparently ate in his restaurant), he established Hohmann & Maurer, and began making thermometers and other measuring devices suitable for industrial purposes. The firm moved to Brooklyn soon thereafter and mounted a big display at the Columbian Exposition held in Chicago in 1893. Hohmann & Maurer moved its manufacturing operation to Rochester in 1896, having become a subsidiary of the Taylor Instrument Co.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Brooklyn
label: Associated Place
content: United States: New York, Rochester
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: 1981.0854.35
label: accession number
content: 1981.0854
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0854.35
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Temperature And Pressure Gauge
label: Object Name
content: thermometer
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall:;
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16 1/8 in x 2 5/8 in x 2 1/8 in; 40.9575 cm x 6.6675 cm x 5.3975 cm