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Title:
Wet and dry bulb hygrometer by Tozer
Object name(s):
hygrometer; hygrometer
Brief description:
Wet and dry bulb hygrometer by Tozer, Torquay, circa 1870, presented to the Met. Office Museum by the Royal Meteorological Society in 1978.
Collection:
Science Museum Group
Credit line:
Meteorological Office
Dimension:
depth
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Dimension value:
6.7
Dimension:
depth
Dimension measurement unit:
in
Dimension value:
2 5/8
Dimension:
height
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Dimension value:
14.2
Dimension:
height
Dimension measurement unit:
in
Dimension value:
5 9/16
Dimension:
width
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Dimension value:
7.7
Dimension:
width
Dimension measurement unit:
in
Dimension value:
3 1/16
Material:
brass
Material:
glass
Material:
mercury
Object name:
hygrometer; hygrometer
Object production date:
Date - earliest / single:
1870
Date - latest:
1880
Object production date:
Date - association:
made
Date - earliest / single:
1870
Date - latest:
1880
Object production person:
Tozer
Object production place:
Torquay, Torbay, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Other number:
1997-2047
Other number type:
accession number
Other number:
30108
Other number type:
Meteorological Office number
Other number:
TEMP0000699
Other number type:
Temporary number
Responsible department/section:
SCM - Meteorology

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/6d3b4d32-ea53-396b-922f-b84a611445e5

Use licence for this record: CC BY

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/6d3b4d32-ea53-396b-922f-b84a611445e5, Science Museum Group, CC BY

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