THERMOMETER
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1940
- Date Range To
- 1950
- Materials
- STEEL, ALUMINIUM, GLASS
- Catalogue Number
- P19900020055
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1940
- Date Range To
- 1950
- Materials
- STEEL, ALUMINIUM, GLASS
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Length
- 47.5
- Width
- 6.7
- Description
- GLASS FACED WITH METAL SCALE & GLASS TUBE CONTAINING MERCURY. SCALE MEASURES IN FARENHEIT & SECOND SCALE DENOTED AS "R". FARENHEIT IN VALUES -20 TO +180, OTHER SCALE IN VALUES FROM -25 TO +65. REVERSE: "PATENTED IN CANADA 1939 1945". "MADE BY TAYLOR".
- Subjects
- FOOD PROCESSING T&E
- Historical Association
- INDUSTRY
- History
- THERMOMETERS WERE USED IN THE BREWING KETTLE OR THE MASH TUN. IN THE KETTLE THE WORT WAS BROUGHT TO BOILING TEMPERATURE, AND IN THE MASH TUN, THE GROUND MALT IS MASHED WITH WATER, WHICH REQUIRES CAREFUL TEMPERATURE CONTROL. WHERE THIS THERMOMETER WAS USED IN BREWERY IS UNKNOWN. SEE P19900020001-GA FOR LETHBRIDGE BREWERY HISTORY.
- Catalogue Number
- P19900020055
- Acquisition Date
- 1990-05
- Collection
- Museum
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