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Thermometer Register Plate, by Dollond, London, c. 1800

Inventory Number 13551


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.13551

Item type
Object
Makers
Dollond
Provenance
From the Radcliffe Observatory
Primary inscriptions
"DOLLOND, LONDON." At one end above the bulb hole "DAY" and below the other hole "NIGHT".
Other inscriptions
Handwritten on reverse "Radcliffe Observatory"
Object type
Thermometer
Dimensions
Height: 41mm Width: 221mm
Inventory No
13551

Description

Rectangular plate of silvered brass without its two thermometers, for which the tube fixings still survive. The scales run from from -10 to 120 Fahrenheit. Two home-made wires have been added to allow the instrument to be suspended vertically.