Psychrometer
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Object Details
- H. J. Green
- Description
- Here, a wooden box with a split lid opens to reveal two mercury-in-glass thermometers, each on its own metal plate. The plate holding the wet bulb thermometer is marked "H.J. GREEN B'KLYN, N.Y." and "No. 4137 U.S. WEATHER BUREAU." The plate holding the dry bulb thermometer (the bulb is broken) is marked " H.J. GREEN B'KLYN, N.Y." and "No. 4135 U.S. WEATHER BUREAU." On the base of the box is a paper card that reads "DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE WEATHER BUREAU Correction Ca. . .ercurial Thermometer."
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- U.S. Weather Bureau
- ID Number
- PH.317477
- accession number
- 230396
- catalog number
- 317477
- Object Name
- psychrometer
- Measurements
- overall: 9 in; 22.86 cm
- overall in box: 1 1/16 in x 2 5/16 in x 10 3/4 in; 2.69875 cm x 5.87375 cm x 27.305 cm
- place made
- United States: New York, Brooklyn
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- Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
- Measuring & Mapping
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1419453
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-9347-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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