Chambers Street, EH1 1JF
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East Fortune Airfield, EH39 5LF
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Philipshill Road, G76 9HR
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Edinburgh Castle, EH1 2NG
Museum openOpen daily, 09:45 - 17:45Entry to the museum is free
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Glass thermometer with paper scale, reading from -10 to 50 degrees centigrade
T.1922.4.2
History of Science
Thermometer
Glass, Mercury, Paper, Leather
Glass, paper scale
