Thermometer
- Object Name:
- Thermometer
- Object ID:
- 1907.006
- Creator:
- Heath & Wing -- Manufacturer
- Place of Origin:
- London, England
- Date:
- 1751-1773
- Description:
- Mercury thermometer. Wooden cased thermometer. Case has glass face that has been rabbeted in. Thermometer rabbeted 0.5" inch back from the glass. Glass tube with mercury in bulb at bottom. Metal backing with graduated scale marked in ten-degree increments from 0° to 210°; engraved in script at selected points: "Just Freeze" (32°), "Temperate" (55°), "Sum. Heat" (76°), "Blood Heat" (98°), "Fever Heat" (112°), "Spirits Boil" (175°), and "Water Boil" (212°). Maker's name engraved in script at top, "Heath & Wing / London". Top of case has pierced flat finial for hanging.
- Material:
- Wood
Glass
Metal - Dimensions:
- H-24.1 W-2.25 D-1.5 inches
- Provenance:
- The thermometer was originally owned by Gov. John Wentworth (1737-1820). It was bought at auction of Wentworth's confiscated Wolfeboro, NH, estate by John Shaw (1751-1843) of Exeter, NH. Shaw gave it to his grandson, Nathaniel S. Shaw (1822-1889). It was presented to the New Hampshire Historical Society by his widow, J. Elvira Shaw (1826-1913).
- Credit Line:
- Gift of J. Elvira Shaw
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