THERMOMETER
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1940
- Date Range To
- 1950
- Materials
- BRASS, GLASS
- Catalogue Number
- P19900020061
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1940
- Date Range To
- 1950
- Materials
- BRASS, GLASS
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Length
- 117.8
- Width
- 6.4
- Description
- BRASS THERMOMETER WITH SCALE IDENTIFIED AS DEGREES "F" & RANGING FROM 100 TO 600. TUBE EXTENDS DOWN FROM THERMOMETER TO HOUSED SENSOR AT TIP. MAKER IDENTIFIED AS "MOELLER INSTRUMENT CO., RICHMOND HILL, N.Y.".
- Subjects
- FOOD PROCESSING T&E
- Historical Association
- INDUSTRY
- History
- UNKNOWN USE, POSSIBLY FOR PRESSURIZED STEAM TO STERILIZE EQUIPMENT. MAY HAVE BEEN USED IN EITHER 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. SEE P19900020001-GA FOR LETHBRIDGE BREWERY HISTORY.
- Catalogue Number
- P19900020061
- Acquisition Date
- 1990-05
- Collection
- Museum
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