Temperture Gauge
notes: label: Description
content: This temperature gauge was made for a Ford Model T automobile. The inscription on the face reads “. . . RMER THERMAL INDICATOR / MADE FOR / THE WESTERN ELECTRIC MANUFACTURING CO. / . . . PA.” and “MODEL T / PATENTED / NOV. 28 . 16 AUG. 3 . 18 / THE MOTOMETER CO. INC. LONG ISLAND CITY, N.Y., U.S.A.” The referenced patents were issued to Harrison Hurlburt Boyce (1882-ca. 1953), an inventor who focused on temperature gauges for internal combustion engines.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Associated Place
content: United States: New York, Rochester
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Sybron Coporation, Taylor Instrument Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.0854.11
label: accession number
content: 1981.0854
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0854.11
objectType: label: Object Name
content: temperature gauge
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 15.5 cm x 6 cm x 19 cm; 6 3/32 in x 2 3/8 in x 7 15/32 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/8 in x 6 1/2 in x 9 in; 7.9375 cm x 16.51 cm x 22.86 cm