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Alcohol thermometer

Alcohol thermometer

Inv. 2040
M. Gallonde, Paris, late 18th cent.

Box with mercury thermometer

Box with mercury thermometer

Inv. 1718
John Troughton, London, 1782-1800

Box with thermometers

Box with thermometers

Inv. 195, 2450
Maker unknown, Florence, mid-17th cent.

Cluster thermometer

Cluster thermometer

Inv. 190
Maker unknown, Florence, mid-17th cent.

Cluster thermometer

Cluster thermometer

Inv. 196
Maker unknown, Florence, mid-17th cent.

Fifteen- and twenty-degree thermometers

Fifteen- and twenty-degree thermometers

Inv. 179, 182
Maker unknown, Florence, mid-17th cent.

Fifty-degree thermometer

Fifty-degree thermometer

Inv. 173
Maker unknown, Florence, mid-17th cent.

Fifty-degree thermometer with colored liquid

Fifty-degree thermometer with colored liquid

Inv. 102
Maker unknown, Florence, mid-17th cent.

Fifty-degree thermometers

Fifty-degree thermometers

Inv. 31, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 48, 49, 50, 52, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 63, 64
Maker unknown, Florence, mid-17th cent.

Fifty-degree thermometers

Fifty-degree thermometers

Inv. 85
Maker unknown, Florence, mid-17th cent.

Fifty-degree thermometers

Fifty-degree thermometers

Inv. 79
Maker unknown, Florence, mid-17th cent.

"Frog" thermometer

"Frog" thermometer

Inv. 2449
Maker unknown, Florence, mid-17th cent.

Hundred- and eighty-degrees thermometers

Hundred- and eighty-degrees thermometers

Inv. 175, 176
Maker unknown, Florence, mid-17th cent.

Hundred-degree thermometer

Hundred-degree thermometer

Inv. 172
Maker unknown, Florence, mid-17th cent.

Mercury thermometer

Mercury thermometer

Inv. 1792
Maker unknown, Italian, second half 18th cent.

Mercury thermometer

Mercury thermometer

Inv. 1795
Maker unknown, 19th cent.

Mercury thermometer

Mercury thermometer

Inv. 2029
Dollond firm, London, late 18th cent.

Mercury thermometer

Mercury thermometer

Inv. 941
John Troughton, London, 1782-1800

Mercury thermometer

Mercury thermometer

Inv. 2038
Felice Fontana [attr.], Italian, second half 18th cent.

Mercury thermometer

Mercury thermometer

Inv. 407
Maker unknown, late 18th cent.

Mercury thermometer

Mercury thermometer

Inv. 385
Dollond firm, London, late 18th cent.

Mercury thermometer

Mercury thermometer

Inv. 3464
Felice Fontana, Italian, second half 18th cent.

Metal maximum and minimum thermometer

Metal maximum and minimum thermometer

Inv. 1895
Maker unknown, Italian?, first half 19th cent.

Phial thermometer

Phial thermometer

Inv. 184
Maker unknown, Florence, mid-17th cent.

Phial thermometer

Phial thermometer

Inv. 78
Maker unknown, Florence, mid-17th cent.

Rumford's thermoscope

Rumford's thermoscope

Inv. 1774
Maker unknown, first half 19th cent.

Seventy-degree thermometers

Seventy-degree thermometers

Inv. 192
Maker unknown, Florence, 17th cent.

Six's maximum and minimum thermometer

Six's maximum and minimum thermometer

Inv. 1897
Antonio Matteucci, ca. 1790

Sixty-degree thermometers

Sixty-degree thermometers

Inv. 66, 67
Maker unknown, Florence, mid-17th cent.

Spiral thermometers

Spiral thermometers

Inv. 193, 194/a, 194/b
Maker unknown, Florence, mid-17th cent.

Tall-stem thermometers

Tall-stem thermometers

Inv. 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 25, 26, 160, 163, 164, 166, 167, 169, 170, 171
Maker unknown, Florence, mid-17th cent.

Tall-stem thermometers

Tall-stem thermometers

Inv. 282, 283, 2447, 2448
Maker unknown, Florence, mid-17th cent.

Thermometer phials

Thermometer phials

Inv. 73, 74, 75, 76, 77
Maker unknown, Florence, mid-17th cent.

Thermoscope

Thermoscope

Inv. 2444
Maker unknown, 19th cent. (replica)

Thermoscope

Thermoscope

Inv. 3743
Maker unknown, Florence, mid-17th cent.

Thirty-degree thermometer

Thirty-degree thermometer

Inv. 216
Maker unknown, Florence, mid-17th cent.

Thirty-degree thermometer

Thirty-degree thermometer

Inv. 70
Maker unknown, Florence, mid-17th cent.