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Description: | No. 67 Kew Observatory January 1853 (engraved on the bulb end of the instrument). 0-52 (engraved with a scale marked in half degrees). No 67 (engraved above the scale at the top of the instrument). MANU Kew Observatory, January 1853 Kew, London, England DES after CELSIUS,Anders. 1742 Uppsala University, Sweden. DES after FAHRENHEIT,Gabriel,Daniel. 1714 ? Europe. This is a 52 degree centigrade mecury maximum thermometer with a cylindrical bulb and a straight bore with no expansion cell. The end of the instrument is flattened for suspension from a thread. This instrument was possibly used by Kelvin in his studies of thermodynamics with Joule. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | SCIENTIFIC COLLECTION : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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