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Lily's Home Galileo Thermometer with Etched Glass Globe Barometer, A Timeless Design That Measures Temperatures from 64ºF to 80ºF with a Beautiful Wood Base, 5 Multi-Colored Spheres (9 in x12 in)
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Brand | Lily's Home |
Special Feature | High Accuracy |
Color | Clear |
Age Range (Description) | Adult |
Outer Material | Glass |
Product Care Instructions | Wipe Clean |
Unit Count | 1 Count |
Item Length | 11.25 Inches |
Response Time | 500 Milliseconds |
Reusability | Reusable |
About this item
- SCIENCE MEETS ART: The Galileo Thermometer is an example of utilizing scientific principle to create a useful artistic piece for day-to-day use. Designed with different colored spheres of varying densities, the thermometer is able to tell the temperature accurately.
- EXCELLENT INDOOR THERMOMETER: This Galileo Thermometer from Lily's Home makes the ideal indoor thermometer. Featuring five multi-colored spheres with gold plated tags. This thermometer works for temperatures from 64ºF to 80ºF and goes up in 4º increments.
- DETECT CHANGES IN AIR PRESSURE: This piece from Lily's Home also features a barometer. Crafted in the shape of a globe with beautifully etched designs; the barometer helps to measure changes in air pressure, indicating with the weather is changing.
- A PERFECT GIFT IDEA: Lily's Home makes a wide array of products for every home and garden lover. Whether you're looking for a perfect gift to spruce up your friend's garden, or if you need a housewarming present, Lily's Home has something for everyone!
- MAKE A HOUSE A HOME: Lily’s Home offers beautifully designed clocks, dishware, garden decorations, and more to add a touch of style to any home. Whether you’re looking for a statement piece for your living room or looking for a way to add more color to your garden, Lily’s Home has just what you’re looking for!
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Product details
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- Package Dimensions : 15.07 x 9.37 x 7.2 inches; 2.54 Pounds
- Item model number : SW757
- Date First Available : June 1, 2011
- Manufacturer : Lily's Home
- ASIN : B0053Q8WJ2
- Country of Origin : China
- Best Sellers Rank: #81,122 in Patio, Lawn & Garden (See Top 100 in Patio, Lawn & Garden)
- #6 in Barometers
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Product Description
A lovely conversation starter and a fun example of early scientific measurement, this Galileo thermometer and Glass Barometer set from Lily's Home engages the eye while monitoring the weather. Designed for approximate interpretation of temperature and general prediction of fair or foul weather, the set features glass instruments that rely on the principles of buoyancy and air pressure for their function. In the thermometer, the brightly colored internal spheres rise and lower with fluctuations in temperature and corresponding density. The glass barometer is shaped like a globe with beautiful etched designs. It works by shifting liquid to and from its curved spout in response to changes in the air pressure. Both pieces are beautifully shaped with a wooden base that makes the set easy to display on desk or bookshelf. The station measures 9-inches in length and stands at 12-inches in height. The thermometer measures every 4º degrees from 64º F to 80º F and is accurate to within 2º degrees with five floats. Lily’s Home offers beautifully designed clocks, dishware, garden decorations, and more to add a touch of style to any home. Whether you’re looking for a statement piece for your living room or looking for a way to add more color to your garden, Lily’s Home has just what you’re looking for!
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Customers like the accuracy, quality and appearance of the thermometer. For example, they mention it's fantastic, attractive and an excellent decoration piece. That said, some complain about the durability. Opinions are mixed on ease of setup and size.
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Customers find the thermometer attractive, eye-catching, and a conversation piece. They also say it's a perfect display piece for their home and the globe barometer adds just the right touch. Customers also mention that the fit and finish are very good.
"...Overall I am very happy with the quality of this item. The fit & finish is very good for the price, the size is large enough to be visible but not..." Read more
"My guy is a weather watcher so he got a kick out of this gift. It's beautiful and fun to check on the humidity levels each day :P" Read more
"...Galileo thermometer and storm meter works well and is a decorative conversation piece in any room...." Read more
"I bought this as a gift for my grandmother. It works nicely and is very pretty, but setting up the barometer was tricky...." Read more
Customers like the quality of thermometer. They mention it's well constructed, functional, and in working order. Some say the barometer feels fragile but nothing was damaged in shipping.
"...QUALITY & MY THOUGHTSOverall I am very happy with the quality of this item...." Read more
"...It's functional, memorable and not just a simple plaque. Pretty neat going away gift." Read more
"...in the barometer. Please know it is delicate, so if you have tabletop-hopping cats or small children, you might want to keep this in a bookshelf...." Read more
"This Galileo thermometer and storm meter works well and is a decorative conversation piece in any room...." Read more
Customers find the thermometer very interesting and fun. They say it's fascinating to watch at times, neat, and a fun activity for a bedridden senior. Customers also say it generates conversation and learning, and is functional and memorable. They also say the thermos is a great gift and fasinating weather station for the home.
"...it is accurate enough to give a general approximation and it's neat to watch..." Read more
"...It's functional, memorable and not just a simple plaque. Pretty neat going away gift." Read more
"...of patience to thread the filling tube into the barometer, but is well worth it. The wooden stand is handsome and adds stability...." Read more
"...Excellent decoration piece that generated conversation and learning." Read more
Customers like the accuracy of the thermometer. For example, they say it's fantastic, gives very accurate descriptions of temperature, and is a good predictor of weather changes. Customers also say the thermograph and barometer are a decorative piece that truly works telling temperature and air pressure. Overall, they find the product to be a great way to track the weather indoors and outdoors.
"...not all that accurate of a thermometer, it is accurate enough to give a general approximation and it's neat to watch..." Read more
"This is a beautiful set. The temperature is spot on as I have a digital thermometer a few feet away...." Read more
"This product is worth every penny gives very accurate descriptions of temperature in the room whether it is hot or cold or easy to set up or..." Read more
"...The thermometer isn't that precise, but really who's going to use this over their thermostat? Overall, very happy with the purchase." Read more
Customers find the thermometer a wonderful, beautiful, and fun gift. They also say it's a great idea for science lovers.
"...It's functional, memorable and not just a simple plaque. Pretty neat going away gift." Read more
"...This would be a great gift for home, school, or office." Read more
"...If you have the person who has everything this is a wonderful gift!" Read more
"Good quality, great gift idea" Read more
Customers are mixed about the ease of setup of thermometer. Some mention it was packaged very well and came with clear set-up instructions, while others say that it was a little messy, and the execution was difficult. Some say there were some typos on the instructions, and that there was no instruction on how to read the thermometer, and it did not change with temperature.
"...Well constructed and easy to set up using their provided instructions...." Read more
"...Conceptually, it was a simple task with clear enough instructions, but the execution was difficult...." Read more
"...There were some typos on said instructions, which I would like to bring to the attention of Lily's Home. Overall, very happy with this product." Read more
"...of temperature in the room whether it is hot or cold or easy to set up or recommend this to anyone looking to decorate their home our office" Read more
Customers are mixed about the size of thermometer. Some mention it's nice size and large enough to read easily, while others say that it'd be better if the globes had more space.
"...The product quality is very also very good. The size of the product is smaller than expected." Read more
"...The fit & finish is very good for the price, the size is large enough to be visible but not so large than it looks silly when placed on a desk, and..." Read more
"...The globes don't have enough space to fit past each other in the tube...." Read more
"Perfect size and good quality" Read more
Customers are dissatisfied with the durability of thermometer. They mention that it came broken, the glass arm broke off, and the barometer was cracked. The thermometer and barometer are fragile and easily break.
"Needless to say, both the thermometer and barometer are fragile, but the item arrived in perfect condition, thanks to the layers of different..." Read more
"The thermometer came broken and we quickly got a free replacement without having to send back to broken one! Great costumer service...." Read more
"...Only problem was at the bottom of the barometer was cracked. I just added some crazy glue and problem solved. But works great...." Read more
"Ordered this for my dad for Father's day.... the thermometer came broken like this.... and the barometer was cracked, so when I tried to fill with..." Read more
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WHAT IS IN THE BOX
Included with this purchase is a wooden base, the Galileo thermometer, the glass storm barometer, a syringe & tube for filling the barometer, and a small amount of powered food coloring in a small zipper bag. It comes in a box made specifically for this item, secured from moving around with molded foam inserts. The way this item is packed is secure enough to protect the delicate glass during shipping.
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DESCRIPTION & READING THE TEMP
The 11 1/2-inch Galileo thermometer detects temperatures in 4-degree increments and has a colored ball float with an attached brass plaque showing the temperature of 64, 68, 72, 76, and 80 degrees F. As the ambient air temperature changes, the temperature of the water inside the thermometer changes as well (at a slower rate) and depending upon the temperature, some of the floats will sink and other will rise due variation in density. More or less, the float that is closest to the actual temperature is the one that is floating in between the top & bottom, or if there is none floating in between, then it is the float at the bottom-most of the top stack. If all of the ball floats sit on the bottom or all float at the top, this means that the temperature of the water inside the thermometer is either colder or hotter than the range in which the thermometer reads (obviously, when you first take this out of the box it will most likely give an out of range reading depending upon the season in which you order this, and it can take quite a while for the water temperature inside the thermometer to match that of your home. Likewise, if you change your air temp it will take the thermometer much longer to catch up.)
The barometer must be set up by the user to work. Using the syringe & tube, you feed colored water into the globe about half way in the fashion described in the included instructions. As the pressure changes, the volume of the air inside the top portion of the barometer changes slightly as well. This will result in the liquid being either forced higher up or lower down the spout. Since changes in ambient air temperature will strongly affect this, it's not always easy to know if you are seeing a change in pressure or a change in temperature.
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QUALITY & MY THOUGHTS
Overall I am very happy with the quality of this item. The fit & finish is very good for the price, the size is large enough to be visible but not so large than it looks silly when placed on a desk, and the wood base is attractive. While not all that accurate of a thermometer, it is accurate enough to give a general approximation and it's neat to watch (and if I need a super-accurate forecast, I just pull out my phone.)
The only thing I wasn't fond of is how the base can slide easily when sitting on a smoother surface. I put on a few of those rubber no-slip feet which only took about a minute so the fix to this issue is pretty easy.
So if you are looking for a Galileo thermometer, or just a desk toy or a neat product that you can give someone a gift, this is a great pick at a good price.
Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2015
WHAT IS IN THE BOX
Included with this purchase is a wooden base, the Galileo thermometer, the glass storm barometer, a syringe & tube for filling the barometer, and a small amount of powered food coloring in a small zipper bag. It comes in a box made specifically for this item, secured from moving around with molded foam inserts. The way this item is packed is secure enough to protect the delicate glass during shipping.
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DESCRIPTION & READING THE TEMP
The 11 1/2-inch Galileo thermometer detects temperatures in 4-degree increments and has a colored ball float with an attached brass plaque showing the temperature of 64, 68, 72, 76, and 80 degrees F. As the ambient air temperature changes, the temperature of the water inside the thermometer changes as well (at a slower rate) and depending upon the temperature, some of the floats will sink and other will rise due variation in density. More or less, the float that is closest to the actual temperature is the one that is floating in between the top & bottom, or if there is none floating in between, then it is the float at the bottom-most of the top stack. If all of the ball floats sit on the bottom or all float at the top, this means that the temperature of the water inside the thermometer is either colder or hotter than the range in which the thermometer reads (obviously, when you first take this out of the box it will most likely give an out of range reading depending upon the season in which you order this, and it can take quite a while for the water temperature inside the thermometer to match that of your home. Likewise, if you change your air temp it will take the thermometer much longer to catch up.)
The barometer must be set up by the user to work. Using the syringe & tube, you feed colored water into the globe about half way in the fashion described in the included instructions. As the pressure changes, the volume of the air inside the top portion of the barometer changes slightly as well. This will result in the liquid being either forced higher up or lower down the spout. Since changes in ambient air temperature will strongly affect this, it's not always easy to know if you are seeing a change in pressure or a change in temperature.
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QUALITY & MY THOUGHTS
Overall I am very happy with the quality of this item. The fit & finish is very good for the price, the size is large enough to be visible but not so large than it looks silly when placed on a desk, and the wood base is attractive. While not all that accurate of a thermometer, it is accurate enough to give a general approximation and it's neat to watch (and if I need a super-accurate forecast, I just pull out my phone.)
The only thing I wasn't fond of is how the base can slide easily when sitting on a smoother surface. I put on a few of those rubber no-slip feet which only took about a minute so the fix to this issue is pretty easy.
So if you are looking for a Galileo thermometer, or just a desk toy or a neat product that you can give someone a gift, this is a great pick at a good price.
Reviewed in the United States on November 29, 2023
The instructions say to add the (distilled!) water and then put in a few drops of food coloring. We mixed up the coloring before putting the water in the globe, and that was a good choice because we changed our minds about what color we wanted after we mixed up the red water but before we put it in the globe, and filling it was enough trouble that it would have been a serious pain to dump out the red and then put in the green.
My advice is to err on the side of overfilling it because it's such a pain to thread the tubing in to add more water. If you overfill it, set the barometer on something absorbent for a couple of days (or weeks?) until you've had a low-pressure system come through in order to catch any overflow.
* I didn't pay attention when I was ordering it and was pleasantly surprised to find that the barometer has a globe of the Earth's continents etched into the glass.
I’ve included a picture of the contents of the box. There was a packet of dye that came with the station. I also included a picture to illustrate the very tiny amount of dye needed to product the turquoise color I used.
A tip I have to uncurling the plastic tubing in order to insert in into the spout: I warmed it up In my hands and slightly stretched it for a good minute or two. It was much easier to navigate through the spout that way. It took a little maneuvering but I got it completely done in about 5 minutes.
It’s much easier to fill with 2 people. Also, keep a mug handy like it shows in the directions. It was very helpful to be able to put the globe down while still keeping it inverted.
I also included a picture of the station next to a hutch I have that is stained in a mohagany finish. The station looks much more like a typical pine wood finish.
It’s really a beautiful station and I would highly recommend it.
Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2020
I’ve included a picture of the contents of the box. There was a packet of dye that came with the station. I also included a picture to illustrate the very tiny amount of dye needed to product the turquoise color I used.
A tip I have to uncurling the plastic tubing in order to insert in into the spout: I warmed it up In my hands and slightly stretched it for a good minute or two. It was much easier to navigate through the spout that way. It took a little maneuvering but I got it completely done in about 5 minutes.
It’s much easier to fill with 2 people. Also, keep a mug handy like it shows in the directions. It was very helpful to be able to put the globe down while still keeping it inverted.
I also included a picture of the station next to a hutch I have that is stained in a mohagany finish. The station looks much more like a typical pine wood finish.
It’s really a beautiful station and I would highly recommend it.
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Found the mount area's for the globe and temp sensor wobbly and unstable so used a few drops of adhesive clear silicone on the base of each and fixed it right up