Thermometer
date: label: date made
content: 1907-1923
name: label: maker
content: Taylor Instrument Co.
notes: label: Description
content: Mercury-in-glass thermometer with a cylindrical bulb and milk-white back. The scale on the circular tube extends from 94 to 108 degrees Fahrenheit, divided in fifths. Inscriptions read “766419” and “TAYLOR INSTRUMENT COMPANIES / ROCHESTER, N.Y.” The Taylor Instrument Companies began operating as such in 1907, and 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-07708
label: catalog number
content: M-07708
label: accession number
content: 70532
objectType: label: Object Name
content: thermometer, clinical
label: Other Terms
content: Diagnostic Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/4 in x 4 in x 1/4 in; .635 cm x 10.16 cm x .635 cm