Spirit thermometer, Signal Service US Army
United States scientific equipment
12 x 7/8 in. (30 x 2 cm)Henry J. Green (1879 - 1940)
Henry J. Green (1879 - 1940) Primary
Object Type:
scientific equipment
Creation Places:
North America, United States
Medium and Support:
Spirits on glass
Credit Line:
Gift of Marie Peary Kuhne
Accession Number:
1967.241.a
A spirit thermometer could be used in very cold conditions when mercury would freeze. This one was used in Northwest Greenland; it has an American Museum of Natural History paper tag (#693) and a stamped metal tag "103".
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- Northward Over the Great Ice The Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum , 4/17/2008 - 9/5/2010
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