History from the company's website http://www.palmerwahl.com/_palmerCompanyProfile.php : "America's first thermometer company originated in Cincinnati, OH in 1836. Since that time, Palmer Instruments has steadily evolved through product development geared exclusively towards industrial supply and process measurement. From development of the "Foster Cup" thermometer in 1880, through the radical improvement of thermometer legibility by the patented "Red Reading Mercury" tube in 1929, to today's temperature and pressure measurement innovations, Palmer has always maintained the "first" tradition by bringing instrument value, service and quality to a broad range of industries. Operating from a new facility in Asheville, NC since 1987, Palmer has developed special-application products such as Dual-Sensing and "Slip-fit" thermometers, and pioneered new industry services such as free lifetime recalibration on pressure gauges. With the recent affiliation with Wahl Instruments, and resulting consolidation of manufacturing in Asheville, Palmer Instruments looks first to the future." Search this
Palmer Instruments, Inc.; Palmer Wahl Instrumentation Group; also in St. Bernard, Ohio Search this
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Circa 1920 catalog (No. 46) for high grade Palmer Thermometers for all Industrial and Commercial purposes: refrigeration, brine, cold storage, shiphold, feed water and hygrometers. Circa 1935 bulletin (No. 500) for a self-contained motor operated aspirating psychrometer with "red-reading mercury" thermometers. Catalog (No. 7000-A) for Milk and Ice Cream Industrial Thermometers: vat, milk line, pasturizing. Circa 1935 catalog (No. 900-A) for breweries and distilleries industrial thermometers: for wood tanks, for glass-lined metal tanks, ebulliometer. Circa 1935 catalog (No. 300-A) for Chemical and Oil industrial thermometers: titer test, meat testing, asphalt testing and dry kiln. Circa 1935 catalog (No. 300-B) for Chemical and Oil industrial thermometers similar to above. Circa 1936 catalog (No. 6000-A) for Bakers and Confectioners is similar to above. Circa 1935 catalog (No. 900-A) for Breweries and Distilleries thermometers similar to above. Circa 1935 catalog (No. 6000) for Bakers and Confectioners industries: dough, yeast testing , oven , candy , kettle , bread . Circa 1936 catalog (No. 200-C) for industrial indicating thermometers: ie flue gas thermometers , molten metal thermometers , air duct thermometers , shiphold thermometers , hygrometer for testing humidity . Circa 1939 catalog No. 300-C for red reading mercury thermometers for the chemical, oil and various industries, includes a ham boiling or cooking thermometer. May 1939 catalog for Dairy and Ice Cream Industries thermometers, includes vat thermometers , foam and air space thermometers , pasturizing thermometers , milk inspectors thermometers , brine tank thermometers and small case thermometers for ice cream freezers. Circa 1940 flyer called "Silent Testimony" for red column mercury thermometers. Circa 1940 catalog (No. 1000) illustrating thermometers for canners and preservers: for retorts and process kettles, cookers, exhausters , sterilizers , preserving , scalding tanks, solder pots and can soldering . Circa 1940 thermometers general catalog (no. 200-F): molten metal thermometer, solder bath thermometers, lead bath thermometers, recording thermometers, dial thermometers. Circa 1942 catalog (no. 300-D) for chemical , oil and various industries. Group of circa 1949-1952 catalogs bound together, entitled, "Palmer: Industrial, Recording and Dial Thermometers." Terms: psycrometer, hygrometer, 'red-reading mercury" and thermometers for dairy processing .
Includes:
Trade catalog and price lists
Black and white images
Color images
Physical description:
17 pieces; 1 box
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Date:
1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Refrigeration and ice-making equipment Search this
Foods and beverage products and processing equipment (including brewing; distilleries; beer; wine; etc.) Search this
