Thermometer

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OBJECT TYPE: MERCURY/CELSIUS/UNMOUNTED/OR MERCURY-THALLIUM
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1987.0680.001

MANUFACTURER: THERMOSCHNEIDER
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Wertheim, Germany

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General Information

Serial #: 256
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: GLASS THERMOMETER TUBE & SHEATH/ METAL & CORK PARTS/ CERAMIC? SCALE/ MERCURY?/ PLASTIC CONTAINER TUBE WITH FOAM PADDING

Dimensions

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

Length: 30.2 cm
Width: 2.3 cm
Height: N/A
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: Unknown
Function: PROBABLY AN IMMERSION THERMOMETER FOR USE WITH A SEA TEMPERATURE BUCKET TO MEASURE SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE, BY MEANS OF ITS EFFECT ON A COLUMN OF MERCURY-IN-GLASS.
Technical: A MERCURY OR MERCURY-THALLIUM THERMOMETER OF THE EUROPEAN EINSCHLUSSTHERMOMETER STYLE IN WHICH A SLENDER THERMOMETER TUBE IS ATTACHED TO A GLASS SCALE, WITH BOTH ENCLOSED IN A GLASS SHEATH.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Thermoschneider logo and '1971' marked on back/ black markings on front for -10 to +40 C. & reading '255'/ red-brown line painted? on tube back interior from end to end.
Missing: From CA of 12/31/1993 by Tony Missio: No - Complete
Finish: CLEAR, COLOURLESS GLASS/ WHITE SCALE/ BLUE BACKED CAPILLARY TUBE/ CLEAR, COLOURLESS PLASTIC
Decoration: N/A

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THERMOSCHNEIDER, Thermometer, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1987.0680, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1987.0680.001/

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