Thermometer
notes: label: Description
content: This mercury-in-glass thermometer has a bend in the stem that accommodates a white porcelain plate. This plate carries a scale that extends from -23 to +50 degrees, graduated in fifths; it is marked “Celsius” and, at zero degrees, “E.P.” (German for ice point). The whole is enclosed in an outer glass casing with a brass cap.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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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. Military Academy
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.316446
label: catalog number
content: 316446
label: accession number
content: 223721
objectType: label: Object Name
content: thermometer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 19 in; 48.26 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 19 in x 3/4 in; 48.26 cm x 1.905 cm