Temperature and Pressure Gauge
date: label: date made
content: ca 1885
name: label: maker
content: Hohmann & Maurer
notes: label: Description
content: This is a short-stem instrument designed for industrial use. The brass plate at the top of the V-shaped iron case is marked “HOHMANN & MAURER / 90 / FULTON ST / NEW YORK / 1121.” The brass housing around the mercury-in-glass thermometer is graduated, on one side, from 140 to 274 degrees Fahrenheit. The other side is marked “HOHMANN & MAURER / 90 / FULTON ST. NEW YORK” and has a scale from zero to 25, presumably for pressure in pounds per square inch. This was probably made in the mid-1880s, shortly after the firm began in business in New York City. It came to the Smithsonian in 1923.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
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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: Taylor Instrument Companies
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.308161
label: catalog number
content: 308161
label: accession number
content: 70532
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Temperature and Pressure Gauge
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 16 1/2 in; 41.91 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16 5/8 in x 2 3/4 in x 2 1/4 in; 42.2275 cm x 6.985 cm x 5.715 cm