- Item type
- Object
- Provenance
- Transferred from the Clarendon Laboratory.
- Primary inscriptions
- Unsigned and undated.
- Object type
- psychrometer
- Dimensions
- Height: 126mm Width: 357mm Depth: 54mm Weight: 1058g
- Inventory No
- 93426
Description
A rectangular mahogany case with a hinged lid and 2 copper alloy clasps. It is lined with navy velvet. The case contains: a cruciform base; a copper alloy telescopic stand; a silver bulb with a spout and a removable ivory cap that has an aperture in the centre; two mercury thermometers of which the long one is calibrated 50° - 110°, and the shorter 20° - 120°; a glass tube; a small copper alloy threaded ring; a cylindrical ivory handle with a threaded end.
