Thermometer
date: label: date made
content: 1818-1838
name: label: maker
content: Maison Pixii
notes: label: Description
content: Mercury-in-glass thermometer with a fairly large cylindrical bulb that could probably float in water. An auxiliary glass tube attached to the stem holds a hand-written piece of paper marked “Thermometre Selon Fahrenheit et Decimal par Pixii rue du Jardinet N° 2 A Paris.” This paper also carries two parallel scales. One extends from -30 to +127 graduated every degree, with indications for “Glace Tempere” at zero and “Eau Bte” at 100. The other extends from -22 to +260, graduated every 2 degrees.
label: Description
content: This thermometer was made between 1818 and 1838 when Pixii worked at rue du Jardinet N° 2. It may have belonged to the American scientist, John William Draper.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France: Île-de-France, Paris
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: Thermometers and Hygrometers
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content: Measuring & Mapping
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: John William Christopher Draper and James Christopher Draper
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.333986
label: accession number
content: 304826
label: catalog number
content: 333986
objectType: label: Object Name
content: thermometer
label: Object Name
content: bath thermometer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 29/32 in; 32.766 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 7/8 in x 11/16 in x 5/8 in; 32.7025 cm x 1.74625 cm x 1.5875 cm