Thermometer
date: label: date made
content: ca 1800-1850
notes: label: Description
content: This mercury-in-glass thermometer has a bend in the stem that accommodates a rolled piece of paper on which is written, in ink: “Thermometer nach Réaumur & Fahrenheit.” The left side of the scale extends from -32 to +55, graduated by degrees Réaumur, with “E.P.” (German for ice point) at zero; the right side extends from -40 to +150, graduated every two degrees Fahrenheit. The whole is enclosed in an outer glass casing.
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.316459
label: catalog number
content: 316459
label: accession number
content: 223721
objectType: label: Object Name
content: thermometer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 in; 22.86 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 3/8 in x 1/2 in; 23.8125 cm x 1.27 cm