Collection Highlights
The Peale Family
Date:
1773-1809
Object Number:
1867.298
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Medicine
Object Number:
2002.1.796
Date:
1952
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
4 x 2 3/4 in.
Description:
This paper is the testing certificate for a fever thermometer. It reads in blue "Certificate of Examination/ Fever Thermometer/ Cornell Instrument Co./ Brooklyn, New York...". Its dated 1952, lists testing data and guarantees accuracy.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
