Thermometer
notes: label: Description
content: Mercury-in-glass thermometer with white backing, and scale that reads from 0 to above 220 degrees F. An inscription on the wooden box reads “TESTRITE THERMOMETER / AUGUSTIN HUBBEL / WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN BREWERS AND BOTTLERS.” Testrite, a New York firm, was formed by Herman Neuwirth and Jacob Bernstein and in business by 1922. Augustin Hubbel lived in Baltimore.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Schrader's Pharmacy, through Harry L. Schrader
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.302607.104
label: catalog number
content: 302607.104
label: accession number
content: 302607
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Thermometer
label: Object Name
content: thermometer
label: Other Terms
content: Thermometer; Diagnostic Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: case: 1 1/4 in x 12 1/4 in x 1 1/4 in; 3.175 cm x 31.115 cm x 3.175 cm
label: Measurements
content: thermometer: 12 in x 1/4 in; x 30.48 cm x .635 cm