Standard mercury-in-glass thermometer with white back

Made:: Kew and Surrey

maker:: Kew Observatory

Standard mercury-in-glass thermometer with white back, enclosed in outer glass shield with further mercury at bulb end. Shield marked `No2. Enclosed 1875', from Kew Observatory. Adapted 1876. Scale 0 to 14.6

Details

Category:: Meteorology

Object Number:: 1995-1027

Materials:: glass and mercury

Measurements:: overall: 38.4 x 1.6 cm

type:: thermometer

credit:: Meteorological Office, Berkshire

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