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细节
An unusual [?]late 19th-Century thermometer toy,
unsigned, in a card sleeve -- 19.5cm. (7 5/8in.) long
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The 'thermometer' comprises two enclosed tubes above a single large bulb. The bulb and the base of the tubes are painted black. When the bulb is grasped in the hand, or otherwise warmed, a clear liquid rises in the tubes floating a white and a green glass figure to the top of each. The card sleeve (distressed) bears a label with a picture of the toy, entitled Thermometer à la Profess. Slade with the instruction Warm the coloured Ball with the and [sic] then the Spectre will appear.
unsigned, in a card sleeve -- 19.5cm. (7 5/8in.) long
See Illustrations
The 'thermometer' comprises two enclosed tubes above a single large bulb. The bulb and the base of the tubes are painted black. When the bulb is grasped in the hand, or otherwise warmed, a clear liquid rises in the tubes floating a white and a green glass figure to the top of each. The card sleeve (distressed) bears a label with a picture of the toy, entitled Thermometer à la Profess. Slade with the instruction Warm the coloured Ball with the and [sic] then the Spectre will appear.
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