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Mercury Thermometer belonging to Thermograph?, Late 19th Century

Inventory Number 18827


Item type
Object
Provenance
From the Radcliffe Observatory.
Primary inscriptions
Unsigned and undated.
Physical material
Mercury
Glass
Object type
Thermometer
Inventory No
18827

Description

Glass capillary tube with right-angled bend at base terminating in the bulb. There is no scale and the capillary stem is mostly blackened. Identical to inv. no. 81786. In wooden travelling crate with rope handle.