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The Galileo Thermometer is a unigue cylinder filled with coloful spheres that float. They meesure the correct temperature based on a fascinating scientific principal. In a Galileo Thermometer, the lowest floating sphere in the upper part of the cylinder tells the correct temperature.
To look at a Galileo Thermometer in this eye-catching handcragted Minnesota hardwood stand is to behold not only an instrument that tells the precise tempature, but also a work of beauty and art.
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lew
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posted 401 days ago
NEAT!!!!!!
CaptainSkully
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posted 401 days ago
Nice! I was going to get the hourglass in the Rockler catalog. This would be a great companion piece. Where did you get it?
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Dick, & Barb Cain
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posted 401 days ago
Very unique, & interesting!
It must work similar to those old battery hydrometers
Welcome to Lumberjocks, from a fellow Minnesotan.
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Bob
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posted 401 days ago
Hi You Two: Thanks for viewing the project & the welcome.
The Galileo works on the same principle.
Barbara my wife of 43 years & two grandchildren live on lake Ida just north of Alexandria. Barbara & I have lived on the lake for 27 years, we moved here from St. Paul. Emally 16 & Devon 13 came to live with us after there mother past away 3 years ago. They are great children plus they both enjoy being in the shop with Gramps & thier pup Buster (who joined our family in April this year).
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Dick, & Barb Cain
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posted 400 days ago
Thank you, Bob!
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Grumpy
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posted 399 days ago
Thanks for sharing Bob. Very interesting piece of equipment.
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clieb91
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posted 399 days ago
Bob, Welcome to LumberJocks. A very nice way to display this piece. We have one of these as my wife has always loved them and finally got one a few years ago as Christmas gift. I never thought about adding the stand to it. Though I might now, certainly might help to protect it some.
CtL
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