Mechanical thermometer mb-width 3518 He rode in 'The Burmese

He rode in 'The Burmese State Carriage Drawn by Elephants' at the head of the procession that promoted the arrival of the circus in town

meets the Russian Bear

and appear in the balconies above each section

Plate 2 facing p

The queen stands in the centre

Mechanical thermometer mb-width 3518 He rode in 'The BurmeseScheme for a thermometer using temperature variations in an iron rod to move a dial on a clock face temperature scale. The textual account notes that the melting points of metallic elements might be tried and marked upon the scale. From the manuscript copy of 'A discourse concerning the usefulness of thermometers in chemical experiments together with a description and uses of a new invented metalline thermometer', by Cromwell Mortimer. The drawing is