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T h e M useum o f Science and Industry in M anchester, Liverpool Road, Castlefield, M anchester M 3 4JP (Except 1013) For further information and access to the collections, ring 0161 832 2244; fax 0161 833 2184 * — formerly in Dalton Hall 1000 Thermometer^ toVvsx with bulb missing, wooden backplate with two scales — 10 to 140 degrees Fahrenheit and o to 50 degrees Reaumur. Two holes for mounting screws at top, one at bottom. Used by Dalton at his house in Faulkner Street Size: 4 X 2.5 X 27cms. With this you w ill receive an old thermometer which formerly belonged to the late D r Dalton and is the one he placed outside his window in Faulkner St for many years; it was purchased at the sale o f the late Peter Clare’s effects —Joseph Manchester to John Harland, 17 March 185 3 368.5 1001 BarometerMjztoxsxy in glass tube barometer on red wood backplate with wood cover to reservoir bulb. Printed paper scale with likely weather conditions on one side, graduated 28 to 31 on the other. Made by Joshua Ronchetti, Manchester Size: io X 6.5 X 90 cms. 1002 Water thermometer bulb Bulb made o f china clay, blackened on one side, base flattened Size : 4 .5 X 5 cm s. 1003 Glass phial Tall necked glass phial, cracked at bottom. Used for mercury amalgams Size: 2.5 X 7.5 cms.
