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IX.15 Thirty-degree thermometer
Maker: unknown
Place:Florence
Date:mid-17th cent.
Materials:glass
Dimensions:length 225 mm
Current inventory:216
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Thermometer divided into thirty degrees, one of the many thermometric scales adopted by the Accademia del Cimento. The thermometric liquid is acquarzente. The capillary tube, ending in a cylindrical bulb, is marked with small enamel dots, black for single degrees, and yellow for ten degrees.

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