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Sixty-degree thermometers
Two small thermometers divided into sixty degrees, one of the many thermometric scales adopted by the Accademia del Cimento. The numbers "56" and "54" can be observed, but their meaning is not known. The graduation is indicated by small enamel dots, black for single degrees, white [...]
Creator
- Europeana
Publisher
- Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Subject
- Meteorology
- mechanical engineering
- meteorology
Type of item
- Thermometer
- thermometers
Medium
- glass
- Glass
- glass (material)
Creator
- Europeana
Publisher
- Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Subject
- Meteorology
- mechanical engineering
- meteorology
Type of item
- Thermometer
- thermometers
Medium
- glass
- Glass
- glass (material)
Providing institution
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Rights
- © Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Creation date
- mid-17th cent.
- 1660
- 1640
Places
- Florence
Identifier
- urn:imss:instrument:409020
Extent
- length 130 mm
Language
- eng
- ita
Is part of
- Medici collections
- Cimento Academy collection
References
- http://catalogue.museogalileo.it/biography/GiovanniTargioniTozzetti.html
Year
- 1640
- 1660
Providing country
- Italy