Pocket ivory thermometer, 19th century

Item Info

Title:
Pocket ivory thermometer, 19th century
Date:
1800s
Description:
Includes compass in lid of ivory, velvet-lined case. Engraved on verso of thermometer: Wm Hitchen, 21 Bridgewater Garens [sic]. William Hitchin appears to have been an ivory and tortoiseshell worker at 21 Bridgewater Gardens in the Barbican area of London; he died sometime in 1839 or 1840.
Format:
Digital Collection:
History of Medicine Artifacts
Source Collection:
History of Medicine artifacts collection, 1550-1980s
Series:
Anonymous Collection Artifacts
Provenance:
The History of Medicine artifacts collection were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library as a transfer in 2011.
Rights:
Free Re-Use
Public Domain
Identifier:
  • hanony0009
  • ref1245_ewk
  • homartifacts
  • duke:308841
  • homst03009
  • ark:/87924/r4gf0n58v
  • b0459ebd-6922-4bcf-91d4-fbad819071f4
Permalink:
https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4gf0n58v
Sponsor:
Adopted by Harsha Murthy T'81 in memory of M.S.N. Murthy, M.D.