Thermometer
date: label: date made
content: 1884-1911
name: label: maker
content: J. J. Hicks
label: maker
content: Hicks, J.
notes: label: Description
content: This mercury-in-glass thermometer has a bend in the tube just above the bulb, a milk-white back, and a scale that extends from 15 to 50 degrees Fahrenheit, graduated in fifths. The tube is marked “J. HICKS LONDON” and “1052.” The surrounding cylindrical case is made of wood and brass. It is marked “J. HICKS, 8, 9, & 20 HATTON GARDEN, LONDON,” and “M/O” (the mark of the British Meteorological Office), and “KEEP IN WATER TWO MINUTES.” The upper end of the case has a ring, presumably for suspending the thermometer. The lower end has a spring, presumably for protecting against shocks. This must have been made after 1884 when Hicks expanded his business into these premises, and before he merged his business with Stanley & Co. It came to the Smithsonian from the U.S. Weather Bureau.
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.314557
label: catalog number
content: 314557
label: accession number
content: 204612
objectType: label: Object Name
content: thermometer
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 3/4 in x 1 in; 29.845 cm x 2.54 cm