Bath Thermometer
date: label: date made
content: late 18th century
notes: label: Description
content: This glass thermometer has a red liquid (probably alcohol), a cylindrical bulb, and a bend in the tube above the bulb. A paper marked “Thermomètre de Bains” carries a scale that extends from -35 to +80 Réaumur graduated in degrees, with indications for such things as “Eau Bou” (boiling water) and the coldest temperature at Paris in 1740, 1777, and 1788. The whole is encased in a glass tube.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France
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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.316458
label: catalog number
content: 316458
label: accession number
content: 223721
objectType: label: Object Name
content: thermometer
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 1/2 in; 24.13 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 7/8 in x 1/2 in; 25.0825 cm x 1.27 cm