Mercury Thermometer
notes: label: Description
content: Tiny mercury-in-glass thermometer mounted on a silver scale that extends from -20 to +40 degrees, and that is marked "Reaur." René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur was a French scientist who, in 1730, proposed a temperature scale according to which water froze at 0 degrees and boiled at 80 degrees. The thermometer is protected by a black leather case, and was probably designed for a traveler.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.325407
label: catalog number
content: 325407
label: accession number
content: 256201
objectType: label: Object Name
content: thermometer
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: case: 3 11/16 in; 9.398 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall in case: 3/4 in x 3 7/16 in x 1 1/4 in; 1.905 cm x 8.73125 cm x 3.175 cm