Spitta’s maximum and minimum thermometer
Thermometer top-down view
Credit
Royal Astronomical Society
Object Type
Thermometer
RAS Reference Number
121
Category
Meteorological Instruments
Description
Maximum and minimum thermometer by Wilson and donated by E. J. Spitta. Thermometer is made of a glass tube containing mercury and it mounted on a wooden board with three brass mounts on the back.
Producer (maker/artist)
R. H. C Wilson (maker); E. J. Spitta (inventor)
Associations
Spitta, Edmund J. (Edmund Johnson), 1853-1921
Thermometer zoomed-in
Royal Astronomical Society
Thermometer side-view
Royal Astronomical Society