Thermometer
name: label: maker
content: J. J. Hicks
notes: label: Description
content: Mercury-in-glass thermometer with a constriction in the stem above the cylindrical bulb. The milk-white back is marked "J. HICKS. 8 Hatton Garden. LONDON" and "-No.217967-." The clear front is marked "FAHRT" and graduated every degree Fahrenheit from -65 to +150. It was made after Hicks began working at 8 Hatton Garden in 1864 and before the expansion of his business to 8, 9, & 10 Hatton Garden in the 1880s.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
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content: Thermometers and Hygrometers
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content: Measuring & Mapping
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: U.S. Weather Bureau
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.317450
label: accession number
content: 230396
label: catalog number
content: 317450
objectType: label: Object Name
content: thermometer
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 20 1/2 in; 52.07 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 20 1/2 in x 3/8 in; 52.07 cm x .9525 cm