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Mercury thermometer
    • Setting:
      Room XV
    • Maker:
      unknown
    • Date:
      late 18th cent.
    • Materials:
      brass, glass
    • Dimensions:
      height 285 mm, width 37 mm
    • Inventory:
      407
    • Mercury thermometer (Inv. 407)
    • Mercury thermometer (Inv. 407)

Mercury thermometer with a Réaumur scale mounted at the center of a brass frame. There is a vernier for the readings, adjusted by means of a screw ending in a knurled knob.