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GB 0809 Ross - Ross, Col Sir Ronald (1857-1932)
159 - Material on Ross' inventions including ear plugs and a clinical automatic thermometer
03 - Material on a proposal by Ross for the invention and manufacture of an automatic self recording clinical thermometer
Ref No
GB 0809 Ross/159/03/07
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Item
Title
Letter from Robert S Whipps, Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company Ltd
Date
26/10/1911
Description
It is very difficult to get a satisfactory reading from a skin temperature and only the reliable temperature is a rectal one. The company is willing to lend Ross a thermo-electric thermometer to experiment with and are willing to make a model to his designs at cost. Invites Ross to Cambridge to discuss it
AccessStatus
Open
Language
English
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