Thermometer
date: label: date made
content: ca 1797
notes: label: Description
content: Mercury-in-glass thermometer of the sort associated with James Currie (1756-1805), a physician in Liverpool, England.
label: Description
content: Ref: Memoir of the Life, Writings and Correspondence of James Currie, M.D., F.R.S. (London, 1831).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1984.0032.01
label: accession number
content: 1984.0032
label: catalog number
content: 1984.0032.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: thermometer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass; organic material (unspecified); wood; leather; brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16.2 cm; 6 3/8 in
label: Measurements
content: case, closed: 7/8 in x 6 7/8 in x 1 7/8 in; 2.2225 cm x 17.4625 cm x 4.7625 cm
label: Measurements
content: case, opened: 2 1/16 in x 6 7/8 in x 2 1/4 in; 5.23875 cm x 17.4625 cm x 5.715 cm
label: Measurements
content: thermometer: 5/16 in x 6 1/4 in x 1 1/2 in; .79375 cm x 15.875 cm x 3.81 cm