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Mercury thermometer
    • Setting:
      Room XV
    • Maker:
      John Troughton
    • Place:
      London
    • Date:
      1782-1800
    • Materials:
      silvered brass, glass
    • Dimensions:
      length 55 mm
    • Inventory:
      941
    • Mercury thermometer (Inv. 941)

Mercury thermometer mounted on a silvered brass plate. There are Réaumur and Fahrenheit scales. Was probably housed in box inv. 1718. Made by John Troughton.