Thermometer
name: label: maker
content: J. J. Hicks
notes: label: Description
content: Mercury-in-glass thermometer with a constriction in the stem above the cylindrical bulb. The milk-white back is marked "J. HICKS. 8 Hatton Garden. London" and "217112." The clear front is marked "HICKS' PATENT No. 4434" and "FAHRT" and graduated every degree Fahrenheit from -40 to +140. It is equipped with a metal carrying case. It was made after Hicks began working at 8 Hatton Garden in 1864 and before the expansion of his business to 8, 9, & 10 Hatton Garden in the 1880s.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
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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.317448
label: accession number
content: 230396
label: catalog number
content: 317448
objectType: label: Object Name
content: thermometer
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 18 in; 45.72 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 21 15/16 in x 5/8 in; 55.72125 cm x 1.5875 cm