Object Details
- Hicks, J. J.
- Description
- Mercury-in-glass thermometer with a blackened bulb. The scale extends from -20 to +200 degrees Fahrenheit, and is graduated by degrees and marked every 10 degrees. The "No. 30 Patent 3647" inscription on the stem refers to the British patent for “Testing vacuum of solar thermometer” issued to J. J. Hicks, a meteorological instrument maker in London, in 1873. The surrounding glass container is marked "J. CALL New York."
- This instrument may have been used by John William Draper, an American polymath who received the Rumford Prize in in 1875 for his long-standing work on solar radiation. It may also have been used by his son, Daniel Draper, a noted meteorologist.
- Ref: James J. Hicks, Illustrated & Descriptive Catalogue of Standard, Self-Recording, and Other Meteorological Instruments (London, about 1874), pp. 60-61.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- John William Christopher Draper and James Christopher Draper
- 1870s
- ID Number
- PH.333988
- catalog number
- 333988
- accession number
- 304826
- Object Name
- solar radiation thermometer
- thermometer
- Measurements
- overall: 16 in; 40.64 cm
- overall in box: 3 in x 16 5/8 in x 3 in; 7.62 cm x 42.2275 cm x 7.62 cm
- place made
- United Kingdom: England, London
- United States: New York, New York City
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
- Thermometers and Hygrometers
- Measuring & Mapping
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1419074
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-60e8-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
