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Standard Mercury Thermometer, 1876

Made:: 1876 in Thuringia

maker:: William Haak

Three mercury thermometers in morocco leather case [-4º to 101ºC, -4.6º to 103ºC, and -30º to 49ºC] by W. Haak, Thuringia, Germany, 1876.

Details

Category:: Heat

Object Number:: 1876-383

Materials:: glass, mercury, brass (copper, zinc alloy), bone and cotton wool

Measurements:: : 507 x 10 mm
case: 20 x 612 x 57 mm
thermometers: 590 x 15 mm

type:: thermometer and mercury thermometer

credit:: Haak, W.

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Standard Mercury Thermometer, 1876

Standard Mercury Thermometer, 1876

Standard mercury thermometer, one of three, reading -4º to 101ºC by W. Haak, Thuringia, Germany, 1876.

Measurements:: overall: 505 mm x x , 10 mm, .025kg

Materials:: glass , mercury , brass (copper, zinc alloy) , bone and cotton wool

Object Number:: 1876-383 Pt1

type:: thermometer and mercury thermometer

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Standard Mercury Thermometer, 1876

Standard Mercury Thermometer, 1876

Standard mercury thermometer, one of three, reading -4.6° to 103ºC by W. Haak, Thuringia, Germany, 1876.

Measurements:: overall: x 600 mm x , 15 mm, .025kg

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy) , bone , cotton wool , glass and mercury

Object Number:: 1876-383 Pt2

type:: thermometer and mercury thermometer

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Standard Mercury Thermometer, 1876

Standard Mercury Thermometer, 1876

Standard mercury thermometer, one of three, reading -30º to 49ºC by W. Haak, Thuringia, Germany, 1876.

Measurements:: overall: x 600 mm x , 15 mm, .055kg

Materials:: glass , mercury , brass (copper, zinc alloy) , bone and cotton wool

Object Number:: 1876-383 Pt3

type:: thermometer and mercury thermometer

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Morocco leather case for three mercury thermometers, Germany, 1876

Morocco leather case for three mercury thermometers, Germany, 1876

Morocco leather case for three mercury thermometers by W. Haak, Thuringia, Germany, 1876.

Materials:: leather

Object Number:: 1876-383 Pt4

type:: instrument case

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum