Mercury in glass thermometer with Fahrenheit scale

Made:: 1800-1899

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Mercury in glass thermometer with Fahrenheit scale engraved on
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Mercury in glass thermometer with Fahrenheit scale engraved on stem; no enamel strip. Wellcome No. B950

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Category:: Heat

Object Number:: 1980-198

type:: thermometers

credit:: Wellcome Institute

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Mercury in glass thermometer with Fahrenheit scale

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