Thermometer

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OBJECT TYPE: MERCURY-THALLIUM/MAXIMUM/CELSIUS/MOUNTED
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1987.0679.001

MANUFACTURER: THERMOSCHNEIDER
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Wertheim, Germany

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General Information

Serial #: 701154
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL HOLDER WITH RUBBER AND SYNTHETIC PADDING/ GLASS THERMOMETER/ METAL END CAP/ CERAMIC? SCALE/ MERCURY AND THALLIUM

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 33.8 cm
Width: 7.7 cm
Height: 4.3 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Meteorology
Category: Atmospheric temperature measurement
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: THERMOSCHNEIDER
Country: Germany
State/Province: Unknown
City: Wertheim

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: A THERMOMETER MADE IN GERMANY, OF THE STYLE USED BY THE CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE C. 1971, AS ILLUSTRATED IN THE AES MANUAL OF THAT YEAR.
Function: AN INSTRUMENT THAT MEASURES HIGHEST OR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE BY MEANS OF A COLUMN OF MERCURY-IN-GLASS, THE TOP OF WHICH REMAINS FIXED AT THE HIGHEST POINT THAT THE COLUMN REACHES. THE MERCURY CONTAINS THALLIUM WHICH LOWERS ITS FREEZING POINT FOR USE AT VERY LOW TEMPERATURES.
Technical: A MERCURY-THALLIUM MAXIMUMTHERMOMETER FOR LOW TEMPERATURES, OF THE EUROPEAN EINSCHLUSSTHERMOMETER STYLE IN WHICH A SLENDER THERMOMETER TUBE IS ATTACHED TO A GLASS SCALE, WITH BOTH ENCLOSED IN A GLASS SHEATH. MERCURY-THALLIUM FREEZES AT -78 F., WHILE MERCURY DOES SO AT -38 F.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Gold lettering on scale back reading 'Maximum/ Celcius', 'Thallium-Hg.', 'Thermoschneider', & 'Wertheim/ Main', with mfr.'s logo/ black markings on scale front for -50 to +20 degrees C. & reading '701154'.
Missing: From CA of 12/31/1993 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
Finish: PLATED METAL/ BLACK RUBBER/ CLEAR, COLOURLESS GLASS/ WHITE SCALE/ METALLIC BULB
Decoration: N/A

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THERMOSCHNEIDER, Thermometer, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1987.0679, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1987.0679.001/

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