Thermometer
date: label: date made
content: 1872-1890
name: label: maker
content: Taylor Brothers
notes: label: Description
content: Mercury-in-glass thermometer with a milk white tube and metal bulb guard. The supporting metal plate is marked, at top, “TAYLOR BRO’S / ROCHESTER, N.Y.” and graduated from 8 to +120 degrees Fahrenheit, with indications for “FREEZ/ING,” “TEMPE/RATE,” SUMR/HEAT,” and “BLOOD/HEAT.” This is mounted, in turn, on a wood board. It came to the Smithsonian in 1923.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Rochester
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
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content: Measuring & Mapping
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Taylor Instrument Companies
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.308155
label: catalog number
content: 308155
label: accession number
content: 70532
objectType: label: Object Name
content: thermometer
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 1/2 in x 2 in; 21.59 cm x 5.08 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 9/16 in x 1 7/8 in x 7/8 in; 21.74875 cm x 4.7625 cm x 2.2225 cm