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Fifty-degree thermometer
This thermometer, ending in a spherical bulb, is divided into fifty degrees, one of the many thermometric scales adopted by the Accademia del Cimento. The upper part of the stem carries inscriptions in white enamel. The degree marks on the stem are also of enamel: the black dots indicate single degrees, [...]
Creator
- Ferdinand II de' Medici [attr.]
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
- Ferdinand II de' Medici [attr.]
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
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Rights
- © Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Creation date
- mid-17th cent.
- 1660
- 1640
Places
- Florence
Identifier
- urn:imss:instrument:409014
Extent
- length 150 mm
Language
- eng
- ita
Is part of
- Medici collections
- Cimento Academy collection
References
- http://catalogue.museogalileo.it/biography/FerdinandIIMediciGrandDukeTuscany.html
Year
- 1640
- 1660
Providing country
- Italy