Mercury-in-glass standard fahrenheit thermometer. Marked No.130 Kew Observatory

Made:: 1854 in Kew and Surrey

maker:: Kew Observatory

Mercury-in-glass standard fahrenheit thermometer. Marked No.130 Kew Observatory, June 1854. Scale 4 to 136 degrees

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Category:: Meteorology

Object Number:: 1995-1016

Materials:: glass and mercury

Measurements:: overall: 56.2 cm

type:: thermometer

credit:: Meteorological Office, Berkshire

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Mercury-in-glass standard fahrenheit thermometer. Marked No.130 Kew Observatory

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