Minimum Thermometer
date: label: date made
content: 1885-1890
name: label: maker
content: H. J. Green
notes: label: Description
content: This Rutherford-type alcohol-in-glass thermometer is mounted on a flat metal plate marked "H. J. GREEN N.Y." and "No. 2352" and "SIGNAL SERVICE U.S. ARMY." A white porcelain strip on the plate is graduated every 5 degrees Fahrenheit from 65 to 115. The stem is marked "U.S. 2352" and graduated (but not numbered) every degree. The whole is enclosed in an outer glass tube. It dates from the period 1885-1890 when Henry J. Green was working in New York.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
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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. Weather Bureau
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.314555
label: catalog number
content: 314555
label: accession number
content: 204612
objectType: label: Object Name
content: thermometer
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 1/2 in; 24.13 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 7/16 in x 1 in x 5/16 in; 23.97125 cm x 2.54 cm x .79375 cm