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Floating Dairy Thermometer
- Description
- A floating Dairy Thermometer with a glass tube and white rope tied to a loop at one end. Inside is a white thermometer with red and black numbers. Written at the top is "TESTRITE MADE IN U.S.A." On the back are guidelines which read "A - Water Freezing (32 degrees); B - Churning (62 degrees); C - C…
- Manufacturer
- Testrite
- Category
- TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- Sub-Category
- AGRICULTURAL TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
- Place Of Manufacture
- U.S.A.
- Period or Date Notes
- circa 1930s or 1940s
- Description
- A floating Dairy Thermometer with a glass tube and white rope tied to a loop at one end. Inside is a white thermometer with red and black numbers. Written at the top is "TESTRITE MADE IN U.S.A." On the back are guidelines which read "A - Water Freezing (32 degrees); B - Churning (62 degrees); C - Cheese (85 degrees); D - Scalding (145 degrees); E - Pasteurizing (165 degrees); F - Water Boiling (212 degrees); 45 degree cooling of milk for handling and shipping". The tip is black and red.
- History Of Use
- 1
- Length
- 9
- Accession No.
- 2013.2.2
- Type of Record
- Museum Artifact
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