Object Details
- Description
- This mercury-in-glass thermometer has a bend in the stem that accommodates a rolled piece of paper on which is written, in ink: “Thermometer nach Réaumur & Fahrenheit.” The left side of the scale extends from -32 to +55, graduated by degrees Réaumur, with “E.P.” (German for ice point) at zero; the right side extends from -40 to +150, graduated every two degrees Fahrenheit. The whole is enclosed in an outer glass casing.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- ca 1800-1850
- Credit Line
- U.S. Military Academy
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 9 in; 22.86 cm
- overall: 9 3/8 in x 1/2 in; 23.8125 cm x 1.27 cm
- Object Name
- thermometer
