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British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13 -- Wright's Polar Thermometers

CIRCA 1910

細節
British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13 -- Wright's Polar Thermometers
circa 1910
four thermometers graduated in degrees Farenheit for use at temperatures of -80 to 60
11¾in. (29.5cm.) long and smaller
with three brass thermometer cases (empty), each 7 3/8in. (18.7cm.) long (4)
注意事項
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on the buyer's premium.

拍品專文

Wright's thermometers which would have seen regular and heavy use in his glaciological and meteorological work in the south. He remarked on the lack of both a sensitive electric thermometer which would have enabled them to measure temperatures more accurately, and of wet-and-dry-bulb thermometers to measure air humidity.