Mercury in Glass Thermometer
date: label: date made
content: after 1915
notes: label: Description
content: Mercury in glass thermometer in a celluloid case with inscription that reads “Tycos ROCHESTER / PAT. APRIL 25, 1911 & DEC. 28, 1915.”
label: Description
content: Ref: James A. Howe, “Thermometer Holder,” U.S. Patent 990,269 of April 25, 1911, assigned to the Taylor Instrument Co.
label: Description
content: James A. Howe, “Thermometer Holder,” U.S. Patent 1,165,973 of December 28, 1915, assigned to the Taylor Instrument Co.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Dadie and Norman B. Perlov
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2006.0098.1480
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0098.1480
label: accession number
content: 2006.0098
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Mercury in Glass Thermometer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cellulose nitrate (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/2 in x 5 in; x 1.27 cm x 12.7 cm
label: Measurements
content: thermometer: 4 in; x 10.16 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall; in case: 4 3/4 in x 1/2 in x 3/8 in; 12.065 cm x 1.27 cm x .9525 cm