Thermometer

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OBJECT TYPE: MERCURY/SOIL/FAHREN/MOUNTED
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1988.0946.001

MANUFACTURER: TYCOS
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Rochester, New York, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: GLASS THERMOMETER/ MERCURY/ METAL SCALE & BULB PROTECTOR/ WOOD CASING

Dimensions

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

Length: 38.7 cm
Width: 2.8 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Forestry
Category: Silviculture
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: TAYLOR
Country: United States of America
State/Province: New York
City: Rochester

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: AN AMERICAN-MADE INSTRUMENT USED BY THE CANADIAN FORESTRY SERVICE TO MONITOR ATMOSPHERIC-CLIMATIC CONDITIONS.
Function: AN INSTRUMENT WHICH IS INSERTED VERTICALLY INTO THE SOIL TO MEASURE SOIL TEMPERATURE BY MEANS OF ITS EFFECT ON A COLUMN OF MERCURY.
Technical: A SPECIALIZED THERMOMETER USED TO MEASURE SOIL (HOT BED) TEMPERATURES FROM 40 DEGREES UP.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: INCISED WHITE LETTERING ON SCALE READING 'Tycos/ ROCHESTER, N.Y. U.S.A./ TORONTO, CANADA'/ SCALE MARKED IN WHITE FOR 40 TO 200 F.
Missing: N/A
Finish: COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT GLASS WITH WHITE BACK/ BLACK SCALE/ METALLIC BULB PROTECTOR/ UNFINISHED WOOD
Decoration: TURNED WOOD

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TYCOS, Thermometer, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1988.0946, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1988.0946.001/

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