Update Our ticketing, donations, and membership sales portal is down for scheduled maintenance on the afternoon of 4/11.
"Timby's" thermometer and barometer, wooden case. Scalloped edges. 2 elongated oval glass pieces arranged vertically. Thermometer and mercury visible through bottom glass. Barometer (mercury) visible through top glass.
thermometers
barometers
glass (material)
mercury
wood (plant material)
Glass
Mercury
THERMOMETER/ BAROMETER
Stamped inside case: ""John M. Merrick & Co.""
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
John M. Merrick & Co. (Maker)
Worcester, MA, USA
39 x 4 x 2 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.418
Massachusetts (United States)
Historic New England is committed to implementing reparative language description for existing collections and creating respectful and inclusive language description for new collections. If you encounter language in Historic England's Collections Access Portal that is harmful or offensive, or you find materials that would benefit from a content warning, please contact [email protected].
Sign up to our newsletter for our latest news and events
