Thermometer Set
notes: label: Description
content: Wooden box containing three mercury-in-glass thermometers made by L. Casella of London. Two thermometers have Fahrenheit scales (graduated on the tubes from -20° to +130° and from 5° to 130° respectively). One has a Centigrade scale (graduated on the tube from 0° to 85°). This set belonged to Joseph Henry, the physicist who served as founding Secretary of the Smithsonian.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.312427
label: accession number
content: 64599
label: catalog number
content: 312427
objectType: label: Object Name
content: thermometer set
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2.1 cm x 21 cm x 5 cm; 13/16 in x 8 9/32 in x 1 31/32 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7/8 in x 8 1/4 in x 2 in; 2.2225 cm x 20.955 cm x 5.08 cm