Watkins time and temperature thermometer in wooden tube.
Watkins Meter Co.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1909 - 1925
Materials
Wood, Glass, Mercury, Paper, Chrome
Measurements
232 mm (Depth); 30 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Hereford
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525119
Summary
Watkins time and temperature thermometer for development of plates and films; in wooden lidded tube.
Provenance
Part of the Fenton Collection. A gift from British Film Institute in 2017. From 1986-1999, part of BFI collection for the Museum of the Moving Image. BFI purchased collection in 1986 from James Fenton's Museum of Photography, Port Erin, Isle of Man 1976-1986
Makers and roles
Watkins Meter Co., manufacturer