Thermometer
notes: label: Description
content: Mercury in glass thermometer with scale reading from -10 to +110 degrees C. The inscription on the cardboard sheath reads, in part: “CENTRAL SCIENTIFIC CO. / 235-239 PLANE STREET / NEWARK, N.J. / CHEMICALS AND APPARATUS / 7372.” Archie James Weith (1886-1980) used this thermometer while a chemistry graduate student at the University of Kansas, in 1909-1913.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1998.0215.02
label: accession number
content: 1998.0215
label: catalog number
content: 1998.0215.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: thermometer
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 30.5 cm x .5 cm; 12 in x 3/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 5/8 in x 11/16 in; 32.0675 cm x 1.74625 cm