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Object NameBeckmann Differential Thermometer in Original Packaging

Manufacturer Scientific Glass Apparatus Co., Inc.

Made FromGlass, Mercury, Nickel, Cardboard

Dateabout 1970-1979

Place MadeUnited States

SizeOverall H: 61 cm, Diam (max): 2.5 cm; (a) Thermometer H: 59.8 cm, Diam: 1.8 cm

Accession Number2016.8.408

Credit LineGift of Richard A. Paselk

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Physical DescriptionBeckmann Differential Thermometer in Original Packaging. (a) Colorless and opaque white glass, mercury, nickel. Colorless tube with opaque white milk glass baking inside the large tube. There is a nickel cap on top made of straight tubing to which a flat top. The thermometer is graduated from 0 to 8 on the main scale , and from 0 to 200 by two degrees on the upper "setting" scale. The upper scale has every 20 degrees numbered, while the main scale is numbered every 0.2° with larger numbering at each degree. (bc) Two-part black cardboard tube with white paper label.
Provenance

Source Richard Paselk - 2016-11-10