Thermometer
Edward Watson (1804 - 1892)
Category
Scientific instruments
Date
Unknown
Materials
Glass, Mercury, Metal, Paper
Measurements
252 mm (W)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Nuffield Place, Oxfordshire
NT 1652408.1
Summary
Floating dairy thermometer. Glass, moulded top hook. Pointed end, mercury/tiny metal balls. White paper calibration.
Provenance
Collection William R. Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield, by bequest to Nuffield College, University of Oxford, 1963, by transfer to National Trust, Nuffield Place, 2011.
Marks and inscriptions
printed ; on scale ; ZERO \ FREEZING \ CHURNING \ CHEESE \ SCALDING \ WATER BOIL \ FLOATED DAIRY THERMOMETER ; ;
Makers and roles
Edward Watson (1804 - 1892)