Thermometer
date: label: date made
content: before 1923
name: label: maker
content: Taylor Instrument Co.
notes: label: Description
content: Mercury-in-glass thermometer with a milk-white back. The tube is triangular in cross section, with the scale on one face and the number on another. The scale extends from 92 to 110 degrees Fahrenheit, divided in fifths. Inscriptions read “766418” and “TAYLOR INSTRUMENT COMPANIES / ROCHESTER, N.Y.” The Taylor Instrument Companies began operating as such in 1907. The firm gave this instrument to the Smithsonian in 1923.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Rochester
topic: label: Subject
content: Medicine
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: Thermometers and Hygrometers
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Taylor Instrument Companies
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-07711
label: accession number
content: 70532
label: catalog number
content: M-07711
objectType: label: Object Name
content: thermometer
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/4 in x 13/32 in x 1/4 in; .635 cm x 1.016 cm x .635 cm