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Horizontal Magnetic Dial and Thermometer, by Abraham and Essex & Co, London and Bath, 19th Century

Inventory Number 54028

Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.54028

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by Lewis Evans.
Primary inscriptions
"C. ESSEX & C° LONDON" The thermometer is signed, "ABRAHAM Optician BATH"
Physical material
Ivory
glass
mercury
Object type
Magnetic dial
Dimensions
Diameter: 66mm Height: 16mm
Inventory No
54028
Accession Number
1924-0/part

Description

Round ivory case for circular mercury-in-glass thermometer and glazed magnetic dial, decorated screw-fit ivory lid..

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