Solar Radiation Thermometers (2)
date: label: date made
content: 1858-1890
name: label: maker
content: /Alvergniat Freres
notes: label: Description
content: Two mercury-in-glass thermometers, each marked "Alvergniat Freres. 10 rue de la Sorbonne, Paris (Centigrade)." The one with the blackened bulb is also marked "47.171" and "153" and carries a scale that ranges from -26 to +80 degrees. The one with the silver bulb is also marked "47.172" and "158" and carries a scale that ranges from -22 to +78 degrees.
label: Description
content: Alvergniat Frères were precision instrument makers who began in business in Paris in 1858.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France: Île-de-France, Paris
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
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content: Measuring & Mapping
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: National Weather Service
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.334151
label: accession number
content: 308253
label: catalog number
content: 334151
objectType: label: Object Name
content: thermometers (2)
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 17 in; 43.18 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall in case: 3 1/2 in x 19 7/16 in x 5 in; 8.89 cm x 49.37125 cm x 12.7 cm