Name 1
THERMOMETER FOR MEASURING WATER TEMPERATURE 1
Name 2
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ID number
002.383.Idrija
Manager / Administrator
Idrija Mercury Heritage Management Center, Bazoviška 2, SI-5280 Idrija
Ownership
Public
Owner
Republic of Slovenia
Local / Original ID Number
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Type of Object
Daily life
Description
Short description
The thermometer with a expansive scale from –5 to 50 °C is placed in a oblong, protective cylinder. The cylinder is open at the front. This enables the reading of the temperature on the scale. Right at the top, the thermometer is equipped with a metal ring. The bottom part of the cylinder is extended into a water reservoir, which has holes at the top. The lower part of the stand has a pedestal with a rubber gasket.
Measures
Length 40 cm, diameter 4 cm.
Materials
Glass, mercury, aluminum.
Dating
1960s
Author / Producer
TLOS Zagreb.
Picture attachments
Original use
The thermometer for measuring water temperature is basically a mercury thermometer. The instrument is protected against damage with metal housing with an opening for temperature reading. The metal ring serves for raising and lowering the thermometer. Water, whose temperature we want to measure, flows into the reservoir through the holes. The expansion and the contraction of mercury in the capillary allows us to determine the water temperature. These types of thermometers are still used today for measuring temperatures of rivers, lakes and seas.
Present use
The thermometer for measuring water temperature is being preserved, secured and presented as important mining heritage of Idrija with exceptional universal values. It is a part of the CUDHg Smelting Collection. Visitors can view them within the permanent museum display “From Ore to Mercury Drops” in the Hg Smelting Plant, which represents the characteristics and the versatile use of mercury in science, technology, medicine, culture and every day life. Within the exhibition, the object is placed in the thermal expansion segment and it presents the usefulness of mercury for practical and technical purposes.
Original location
Slovenian Environment Agency (ARSO), Vojkova 1b, SI-1000 Ljubljana
Present location
Hg Smelting Plant (From Ore to Mercury Drops), Arkova 50, SI-5280 Idrija
STATE OF CONSERVATION
History of conservation:
The thermometer for measuring water temperature is well preserved. Additional interventions are not necessary. Security of the premise is taken care off.
Present state
good
Necessary activities:
Regular seasonal maintenance.
DOCUMENTATION
Addresses / collections / links etc. where further in-depth information is accessible:
- CUDHg Inventory Book.
Submitted
Mestni muzej Idrija
Submitted by
Miha Kosmač
Date Submitted
16. 3. 2018
Date Edited
Never