Ordinary Mercury-in-Glass Fahrenheit Thermometer

Made:: 1855-1913 in London

maker:: Horne, Thornthwaite & Wood

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Mercury thermometer, by Negretti & Zambra, reading absolute zero. Top three quarter view. Dark grey background.
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Ordinary mercury-in-glass fahrenheit thermometer in brass housing and frame, to fit in another apparatus, by Horne & Thornthwaite, London. Scale 30 to 115 degrees

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Category:: Meteorology

Object Number:: 1995-995

Materials:: brass (alloy), glass, incomplete, mercury

type:: thermometer

credit:: Meteorological Office, Berkshire

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