Balfour-Stewart experimental mercury thermometer

PART OF:: three Balfour-Stewart experimental mercury thermometers

Made:: 1856 in United Kingdom

designer:: Balfour Stewart

One of three Balfour-Stewart experimental mercury thermometers

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One of three Balfour-Stewart experimental mercury thermometers
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One of three Balfour-Stewart experimental mercury thermometers, scales not divided.

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Category:: Meteorology

Object Number:: 1915-153/2

Materials:: glass and mercury

type:: thermometers

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Balfour-Stewart experimental mercury thermometer

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