Mercury-in-glass standard fahrenheit thermometer

Made:: 1852 in Kew and Surrey

maker:: Kew Observatory

Mercury-in-glass standard fahrenheit thermometer, marked `Kew April 1852 No.45'. Scale -40 to 120 degrees

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Category:: Meteorology

Object Number:: 1995-1020

Materials:: glass and mercury

Measurements:: overall: 43.8 cm

type:: thermometer

credit:: Meteorological Office, Berkshire

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Mercury-in-glass standard fahrenheit thermometer

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