Object Details
- Taylor Instrument Co.
- Description
- This is a glass thermometer filled with a red liquid that the manufacturer termed “Permacolor or Mercolor.” The tube has a milk-white back and a front configured so as to magnify the liquid column. The supporting metal plate is marked, at top, “Tycos / ROCHESTER, N.Y. U.S.A. / TORONTO, CANADA.” This is graduated from 26 to 102 degrees Fahrenheit, and provided with a metal bulb guard. This is mounted, in turn, on a wood board. The Taylor Instrument Companies donated it to the Smithsonian in 1923. It was apparently made in 1913, the year Taylor opened an office in Toronto.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Taylor Instrument Companies
- 1913
- ID Number
- PH.308157
- catalog number
- 308157
- accession number
- 70532
- Object Name
- Thermometer
- Measurements
- overall: 2 1/4 in x 8 1/2 in; 5.715 cm x 21.59 cm
- tube: 6 1/2 in; 16.51 cm
- overall: 8 1/2 in x 2 3/16 in x 5/8 in; 21.59 cm x 5.55625 cm x 1.5875 cm
- place made
- United States: New York, Rochester
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
- Thermometers and Hygrometers
- Measuring & Mapping
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1420582
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-a5aa-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
