Thermometer
Object number2018.152.4
OriginUnited States of America
MediumWood; Glass; Mercury; Paper; Ink; Rope
Credit LineGift of Jeff Kumer
DescriptionBaume scale thermometer. Wooden framework is long, rectangular with openings on front, back, and bottom; turned wooden handle at top with brown twisted rope tied to base of handle. Wooden framework contains cylindrical glass tube containing mercury thermometer and white paper with black and red printed scale and text.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth: 14.25 x 5.125 x 1 in. (36.2 x 13 x 2.5 cm)InscriptionsWhite paper inside glass cylinder has printed red and black text along a gridded scale and black printed text on the reverse "FAHRENHEIT SCALE MADE IN U.S.A."
Historical NotesThe thermometer, called a Baume, measured the density of the sodium sulfide mixture. Part of a collection from the Pittsburgh Wool Company.
Previous owner
Pittsburgh Wool Company
On View
Not on view
c. 1900
1935