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IX.19 Hundred-degree thermometer
Maker: unknown
Place:Florence
Date:mid-17th cent.
Materials:glass
Dimensions:height 270 mm
Current inventory:172
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Thermometer divided into one hundred degrees, one of the many thermometric scales adopted by the Accademia del Cimento. The thermometric liquid is acquarzente. The degree divisions are indicated by small enamel dots. The instrument was placed on a round foot (now broken).

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