Symons earth thermometer

Made:: 1880-1889

maker:: James Joseph Hicks

Symons earth thermometer, mercury-in-glass, sheath

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Symons earth thermometer, mercury-in-glass, sheath
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Symons earth thermometer, mercury-in-glass, sheathed, absolute, by J.Hicks of 8,9 and 10 Hatton Garden, London. Thermometer set in wax in tube with suspension fitting, marked MO5, K[ew] O[bservatory]. [Date 1880s]. Scale -245 to 325

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Category:: Meteorology

Object Number:: 1995-1072

Materials:: glass, mercury and textile

Measurements:: overall: 33 cm

type:: earth thermometer and mercury thermometer

credit:: Meteorological Office, Berkshire

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