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Greenhouse thermometer by Dudley Adams of Fleet Street. Mercury in glass on wooden board

1978

Pocket Dial Thermometer (Bourdon-type), 19th Century

1801-1900

Radiometer, double-walled

1800-1899

Thermo Vane Dial Thermometer, 1915-1925

1915-1925

Mercury Cadmium Telluride Radiation Detector, 1960-1964

1960-1964

Indium Antimonide Infra-Red Detector, 1960-1964

1960-1964

Clinical Thermometer by Alexander Wilson, 1735-1745

1735-1745

Clinical thermometer

1970-1900

Improved Callendar and Griffiths Resistance Bridge, 1850-1900

1850-1900

Siemens Pyrometer Sensor, 1890

1890

Physiological Mercury Thermometer, 1876

1876

Physiological Mercury Thermometer, 1876

1876

Physiological Mercury Thermometer, 1876

1876

Tasimeter, improved form

1878

Ear Mercury Thermometer, 1876

1876

Kemp's Thermoregulator (Temperature Controller), 1850-1881

1850-1881

Pair of mercury-in-glass thermometers signed Arno Haak Jena

Whipple patent temperature indicator

1900-1982

Reconstruction of Galileo's Thermoscope, 1592-1600

1592-1600 (original)

Langley's 'Great' Bolometer, 1880-1890

1880-1890

Viscount proportional controller

1970-1984

'Galileo's Thermometer' or 'Termometro Infingardo', 1989-1999

1989-1999

German Lead Sulphide Infra-Red Detector, 1942-1945

1942-1945

Reconstruction of Dutch Thermoscope, 1598-1622

1598-1622 (original)

Edison's Original Micro-Tasimeter, 1878

1878

Decorative Mercury Thermometer, 1840-1900

1840-1900

Whipple Temperature Indicator serial no. C620290

1957

Potassium Bromide prism for IR wavelengths

1945-1955

"Genii" Temperature Control Mercury Switch

Reconstruction of Florentine Thermometer by Gonfia, 1650-1660

1650-1660 (original)

Minimum thermometer with "slipped in" scale

1870

Radiation slide rule for calculating energy in Planck functions

1950

"Thermophil" electronic thermometer type 4411

Thermostat

1950-1975

Loeser's Metallic thermometer by J. G. Zimmer, 1746-47

1746-1747

Ether `Mini' Temperature Controller

1980-1983

Pye-Ether Digital Electronic Indicator

1970-1979

Kent Mk3 Electronic Temperature Recorder

1966

Foster Cambridge Temperature Indicator

1970-1979

Unused giant cone: 6 (1260°C)

1901-1931

Copies of the Joule calorimeter

1800-1899

Reichert's Thermoregulator (Temperature Controller), 1871-1900

1871-1900

Mercury Racking Thermometer by Dallaway, 1799-1809

1799-1809

Deep-sea Reversing Mercury Thermometer, 1870-1875

1870-1875

Kew Standard Mercury Thermometer, 1851

1850-1851

Steel Specimens showing Colours for Tempering, 1801-1900

1800-1824

Paper Temperature Recorder, Galvanometer Type, 1901-22

1901-1922

Pivoted Coil Electrical Temperature Indicator, 1920-22

1920-1922

Twelve tubes of Tempil pellets

1900-1982

Hanging Mercury Thermometer in Case, 1717-1800

1717-1800