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Mercury thermometer
    • Setting:
      Room IX
    • Maker:
      unknown
    • Date:
      19th cent.
    • Materials:
      wood, glass, brass
    • Dimensions:
      height 529 mm, width 70 mm
    • Inventory:
      1795
    • Mercury thermometer (Inv. 1795)

Mercury thermometer mounted on a brass plate and fixed to a wooden box with a glass front. The bulb is broken. A Réaumur scale is engraved on the brass plate.