Thermometers

code: LVSAV1993.029

Collection code:

LVSAV1993.029

File type:

Museum objects

Collection:

Museum Collection

Description

3 differing length thermometers used in wax plant of Pumpherston oil refinery.

.001 - mercury thermometer with a scale that reads zero to 6 centigrade. Beckmann thermometer (in a black and red cardboard tube)

.002 - nitrogen filled thermometer with a scale that reads 15-21 degrees centigrade. English made, to BS791 (in a brown cardboard tube)

.003 - nitrogen filled, with a scale that read 12-15 degrees centigrade. English made to BS791. Manufactured by A. Gallenkamp and Company Limited London. (in a blue cardboard tube)