Accession No

6550

Brief Description

two thermometers in case, by Dr. H. Geissler Nachfolger Franz Müller, German, late 19th to early 20th century

Origin

Germany; Bonn

Maker

Dr. H. Geissler Nachfolger Franz Müller

Class

thermometry; laboratory apparatus

Earliest Date

1879

Latest Date

1920

Inscription Date

Material

glass; metal (mercury, other?); cloth (velvet); wood

Dimensions

278 mm (width) x 22mm (height) x 84mm (depth)

Special Collection

Provenance

Transferred by an individual at the Department of Material Sciences, University of Cambridge on or before 30/11/2010.

Inscription

[on box]: “Franz Müller
Dr. H. Geissler Nachf.
BONN A/Rhein”

On thermometers “Celsius. Dr. H. Geissler Nachf. Franz Müller in Bonn. No. 4”
“Celsius. Dr. H. Geissler Nachf. Franz Müller in Bonn. No. 5”

Description Notes

Two thermometers in case by Dr. H. Geissler Nachfolger Franz Müller, German, late nineteenth/early twentieth century.

Two thermometers in case by H. Geissler, assumedly part of a set, as they are numbered “No. 4” and “No. 5”; additionally their measurements differ, and may perhaps succeed the previous thermometer. “No. 4.” is numbered 56 - 120oC at 2 degree intervals on the right and 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2 at every 10 degree interval on the left. “ No. 5” is numbered 00 - 60 at two degree intervals on the right and every ten degree interval is labelled ‘2’. Thermometer no. 4 is slightly smaller than No. 5 and the hook at the top has chipped away.

Inside of box lined with black velvet. Indents for 7 thermometers, with a green ribbon to sit underneath to ease removal of thermometer from box. Box is broken at hinge.

Condition: Good/fair; incomplete.

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