- Subject
- Thermometers
- Item type
- Object
- Makers
- J. C. Cowlishaw Ltd.
- Provenance
- Transferred from the Department of Physical & Theoretical Chemistry, Oxford, in 2004, per Mr Philip Hurst. Specially made for James D. Lambert, of the Physical Chemistry Laboratory, ?probably in the 1940s.
- Primary inscriptions
- 'J.C. Cowlishaw Ltd, University Works, Manchester' 'Quartz Glas D.R.G.M. No. 1056974'
- Object type
- Thermometer
- Dimensions
- Height: 23mm Width: 436mm Depth: 33mm Weight: 141g
- Inventory No
- 93413
- Accession Number
- 2004-7
Description
Long narrow case, covered with black leather, with copper alloy hardware and lined with purple velvet and satin. Contains a glass mercury thermometer.
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