- Subject
- Electronic instruments
- Item type
- Object
- Makers
- Elliott Brothers
- Provenance
- Presented by the Marconi Corporation in 2003.
- Primary inscriptions
- 'ELLIOTT BROS 449 STRAND' Label 'ELLIOTT BROTHERS / 101 & 102 / ST. MARTIN'S / LANE, / LONDON / W.C.'
- Object type
- Electronic instrument
- Dimensions
- Height: 16mm Width: 185mm Depth: 50mm
- Inventory No
- 12914
- Accession Number
- 2003-11
Description
Maxmum Thermometer, by Elliott Brothers, London. Used to measure the maximum temperature with a given period. Thermometer is mounted on a metal base within a box by brass pins. The maximum temperature scale reads from 20-140F. The box is wooden and has two hook catch fastenings. Elliotts moved from 449 Strand to St Martin's Lane in 1886.
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