Thermometer
date: label: date made
content: ca 1850-1870
name: label: maker
content: Leyser, Georg Moritz Ludwig
notes: label: Description
content: Mercury-in-glass thermometer designed for diagnostic purposes. It has a spherical bulb. The stem is bent, above the bulb, so as to hold a rolled paper securely in place. This paper carries a scale reading from 19 to 46 degrees Centigrade. The section from 32 to 43 degrees (that is, the range of body temperature) is graduated in tenths. The scale is marked “M. Leyser, Jnsp. a.d. Univ. Leipzig / 30080” and “Celsius.” The whole is enclosed in an outer glass tube.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany: Saxony, Leipzig
topic: label: Subject
content: Medicine
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Thermometers and Hygrometers
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content: Measuring & Mapping
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-09579
label: catalog number
content: M-09579
label: accession number
content: 232067
objectType: label: Object Name
content: thermometer, clinical
label: Other Terms
content: Diagnostic Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: case: 8 5/8 in x 5/8 in; 21.9075 cm x 1.5875 cm
label: Measurements
content: thermometer: 8 1/8 in x 1/2 in; 20.6375 cm x 1.27 cm