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Thermometer

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Collection Type

  • Household accessories

GUSN

GUSN-170786

Description

Round, brass wall thermometer with ring hook. Reaumur, centigrade and farenheit scales

Details

Descriptive Terms

thermometers
brass (alloy)
Thermometer

Inscription

STANDARD THERMOMETER/PEABODY, MASS./ U.S.A. (stamped)
THIS THERMOMTER IS/ACCURATE./When compared with another/thermometer, if they do not/agree, reverse their positions/and give them time to/settle. (typed)

Associated Building

Stephen Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

10 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.965

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