Sir Robert Christison's Cistern Thermometer, 1871

Made:
1871 in Edinburgh and London
designer:
Robert Christison
maker:
Adie and Son
Sir Robert Christison's cistern thermometer, by Adie & Son

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Sir Robert Christison's cistern thermometer, by Adie & Son
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Sir Robert Christison's cistern thermometer, by Adie & Son, Edinburgh, incorporating a Negretti & Zambra mercury thermometer, London, 1871. Used by Sir Robert Christison in 1871, to measure lakes' differential temperature at different stratified layers.

Details

Category:
Oceanography
Object Number:
1913-163
Materials:
copper (alloy), brass (copper, zinc alloy), enamel, glass and mercury
Measurements:
overall: 600 mm 155 mm, 3.98kg
type:
thermometer and mercury thermometer
credit:
Mill, Dr. Hugh Robert