Object Details
- Hicks, J. J.
- Description
- Unusual mercury-in-glass thermometer with a cylindrical bulb and a flat tube. Inscriptions read “J. HICKS LONDON” and “PATENT EXPRESS.” This thermometer is only 4 inches long. The scale extends from 95 to 110 degrees Fahrenheit, divided in fifths. The glass tube holding the mercury expands slightly just above the bulb. The back of the scale is red. The Taylor Instrument Companies gave this to the Smithsonian in 1923.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Taylor Instrument Co.
- before 1923
- ID Number
- MG.M-07713
- catalog number
- M-07713
- accession number
- 70532
- model number
- 1358253
- Object Name
- thermometer, clinical
- Other Terms
- Diagnostic Medicine
- Measurements
- overall: 1/8 in x 4 in x 1/4 in; .3175 cm x 10.16 cm x .635 cm
- place made
- United Kingdom: England, London
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- Thermometers and Hygrometers
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Medicine
- Record ID
- nmah_726171
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-637a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
