Set of 12 experimental thermometers

Made:: 1885

manufacturer:: James Joseph Hicks

maker:: Kew Observatory

Set of 12 experimental thermometers, from Kew Observatory, attributed to J. Hicks. Mercury in glass, uncalibrated, various tube bores. Dated 1885

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Category:: Meteorology

Object Number:: 1995-1800

Materials:: glass and mercury

Measurements:: tube: cm

type:: experimental thermometers

credit:: Meteorological Office

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Set of experimental thermometers

Set of experimental thermometers, from Kew Observatory, attributed to J. Hicks. Mercury in glass, uncalibrated, various tube bores. Dated 1885

Measurements:: tube: cm

Materials:: glass and mercury

Object Number:: 1995-1800/2

type:: experimental thermometers

Set of 12 experimental thermometers

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Set of experimental thermometers

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