Object Details
maker
Salleron, Jules
Description
This is a mercury-in-glass thermometer with a brass collar at the lower end of the tube. The milk-white scale is marked “Centigrade” and “J. Salleron 24 Rue Pavee (au Marais) Paris” and carries a scale extending from -20 to +82 degrees Centigrade. The protective glass tube is marked “1 26”. Jules Salleron was a prominent precision instrument maker in Paris.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
U.S. Weather Bureau
date made
ca 1875-1897
ID Number
PH.314559
catalog number
314559
accession number
204612
Object Name
thermometer
Measurements
overall: 18 in; 45.72 cm
overall: 18 1/2 in x 1 3/4 in; 46.99 cm x 4.445 cm
place made
France: Île-de-France, Paris
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Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
Thermometers and Hygrometers
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1420675