Draper's Self-Recording Thermometer
date: label: date made
content: 1887
name: label: purchasing agent/middleman
content: Bradner, Mead
label: maker
content: Draper Company
notes: label: Description
content: This self-recording thermometer was made by Daniel C. Draper (patent no. US368170). It is a bimetallic instrument with a flat chart that revolves once a week. As the chart moves, the pin on the inside draws a continuous line to demonstrate the temperature over time in a given week. The bottom is marked, marked "DRAPER'S SELF-RECORDING THERMOMETER 152 FRONT ST. N.Y. CITY PATENTED 1887." This object demonstrates growing interest and innovation into automated mechanisms during the late nineteenth century.
label: Description
content: Daniel C. Draper (1841-1931) studied at New York University (with a PhD in 1880), apprenticed with the Novelty Iron Works, and served for many years as Director of the New York Meteorological Observatory in Central Park. In the 1880s he established the Draper Manufacturing Co., to produce registering meteorological instruments based on his designs.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
label: location of prior holder
content: United States: Massachusetts
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Mechanisms
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: David K. Bragg
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1984.0386.01
label: accession number
content: 1984.0386
label: catalog number
content: 1984.0386.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Temperature Controller, Automatic
label: Object Name
content: Recording-Thermometer
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall - recorder: 14 in x 10 1/2 in x 4 1/2 in; 35.56 cm x 26.67 cm x 11.43 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall - paper: 12 in x 12 in x 1 1/2 in; 30.48 cm x 30.48 cm x 3.81 cm