General Information

Serial #

302

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

GLASS THERMOMETER/ MERCURY

Dimensions

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

Length

45.8 cm

Width

N/A

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

FASTRE

Country

France

State/Province

Unknown

City

Paris

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

1850 & AFTER

Canada

FROM THERMOMETER COLLECTION OF R.C. JACOBSEN OF MSC (C. 1931- 1951). HE TOOK PART IN CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR EXPEDITION TO COPPERMINE, NWT (1932); WAS INVOLVED INDESIGN OF MSC RADIOSONDE IN 1930'S; DESIGNED METEO INSTRUMENTS FOR AIRCRAFT WHICH HE USED TO MAKE OBSERVATIONS OVER LAKE ONTARIO IN HIS OWN PLANE.

Function

INSTRUMENT USED TO MEASURE TEMPERATURE BY MEANS OF ITS EFFECT ON COLUMN OF MERCURY.

Technical

EXAMPLE OF FRENCH MADE MID 19TH CENTURY MERCURY THERMOMETER MFD. OF CLEAR COLOURLESS GLASS, WITH NO ENAMELING ON BACK. FASTRE EXHIBITED THERMOMETERS, POSSIBLY SIMILAR TO THESE, AT GREAT EXHIBITION OF 1851 IN BRITAIN, WHERE HE WAS AWARDED PRIZE FOR QUALITY & ACCURACY OF HIS INSTRUMENTS (REF. 1). ACCORDING TO TORONTO REGISTER #604, THE GLASS THERMOMETER FASTRE #300, FROM FRANCE, WAS IN USE IN OR BEFORE 1847 (REF. 5).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

INCISED BLACK HANDWRITING NEAR BULB READS "Fastre aine, a Paris 1851"/ INCISED WHITE LETTERING AT OPPOSITE END READS "302"/ INCISED BLACK SCALE MARKINGS

Missing

COMPLETE From CA of 07/05/1999 by Kevin Machan: Undetermined - Artifact may have had a storage case. None present.

Finish

COLOURLESS, TRANSPARENT GLASS TUBE/ METALLIC BULB

Decoration

N/A