J. Green Mercury Thermometer
date: label: date made
content: 1870-1879
name: label: maker
content: J. Green
notes: label: Description
content: Mercury-in-glass thermometer with a cylindrical bulb, mounted on a flat brass plate marked "J. GREEN N.Y." and "SIG. SER. U.S.A." and "S 184" and graduated every degree Fahrenheit from -10 to +125. There are no graduations or marks on the stem. It was made between 1870 (when the Signal Service established a national weather service) and 1879 (when James Green took his nephew into partnership and began trading as J. & H. J. Green).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
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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.317456
label: catalog number
content: 317456
label: accession number
content: 230396
objectType: label: Object Name
content: thermometer
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2.2 cm x 30 cm; 7/8 in x 11 13/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 in x 7/8 in x 1/4 in; 30.48 cm x 2.2225 cm x .635 cm