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Date
1890 – 1925
Material
wood; glass; metal, brass; metal, mercury
Catalogue Number
104.30.0003
Description
A field thermometer in a long narrow wooden box case with a brass ring at the top for hanging, and a small brass latch hook to secure the thermometer which slides into the box forming the lid when closed in place. The sliding piece can be reversed to display a glass tube mercury-filled thermometer…
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Title
Thermometer
Date
1890 – 1925
Material
wood; glass; metal, brass; metal, mercury
Dimensions
1.6 x 2.9 x 13.5 cm
Description
A field thermometer in a long narrow wooden box case with a brass ring at the top for hanging, and a small brass latch hook to secure the thermometer which slides into the box forming the lid when closed in place. The sliding piece can be reversed to display a glass tube mercury-filled thermometer attached to a brass plaque scaled from 10o to 120o (Fahrenheit). The inside of the case is marked “183” in pencil and there is a brass plaque on the box labelled “Charles Wilder Co. N.Y.” and “Williams, Brown and Earle Phila”.
Subject
households
weather
seasons
sports
hiking
skiing
camping
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.30.0003
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