Thermometer

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OBJECT TYPE: MERCURY/CENTIGRADE-CENTIMETRE
DATE: 1944
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1995.0339.001

MANUFACTURER: Bossecker, Max
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Schmiedefeld, Germany

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General Information

Serial #: B.928/44
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: GLASS INNER & OUTER TUBES/ PAPER SCALE/ MERCURY

Dimensions

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

Length: 58.5 cm
Width: 8.6 cm
Height: 2.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Chemistry
Category: Test-measurement equipment
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Bossecker
Country: Germany
State/Province: Unknown
City: Schmiedefeld

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: Unknown
Canada: EXAMPLE OF EQUIPMENT USED AT LARGEST RESEARCH INSTITUTION IN CANADA DURING PERIOD OF ITS MOST RAPID GROWTH, GREATEST PRODUCTIVITY & DURING WHICH IT DEVELOPED WORLD RENOWNED REPUTATION.
Function: INSTRUMENT THAT MEASURES TEMPERATURE BY MEANS OF ITS EFFECT ON COLUMN OF MERCURY IN GLASS.
Technical: ACCORDING TO DR. D. MORTIMER OF NRC, THERMOMETER WAS HAND MADE.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: BLACK LETTERING ON SCALE READS IN SCRIPT "Centigrade" & "Max Bossecker, Schmiedefeld a. R." (FOR 'AM RHEIN', GERMANY) WITH PARTLY HANDWRITTEN "B.928/44"/ BLACK LETTERING ON SCALE READING "JenaerNormalglas 16 In"/ scale marked on one side from bottom to top "1 1 1" space "0" space "1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3", ending with "20" at top/ scale on other side marked from bottom to top "4 2 0 8 6 4 2 0 2 4 6 8 0 2 4 6 8 0 2 4 6 8 0 2 4", ending with 'Ctm"
Missing: COMPLETE From CA of 09/30/2004 by Myles Bailey: No - Complete
Finish: COLOURLESS & TRANSPARENT GLASS/ WHITE PAPER/ METALLIC MERCURY
Decoration: RED LINE DOWN ONE SODE OF LARGER END OF TUBE

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Bossecker, Max, Thermometer, 1944, Artifact no. 1995.0339, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1995.0339.001/

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