Aneroid Barometer
name: label: maker
content: Taylor Instrument Co.
notes: label: Description
content: Blackened steel aneroid barometer 3 inches in diameter. The inscriptions on the silvered face read “COMPENSATED FOR TEMPERATURE” and “Taylor Instrument Companies / ROCHESTER, N.Y., U.S.A. / E.D. No. 1567.” The altitude scale around the circumference of the face reads from -200 to +1800 meters, every 10 meters; and from -1000 to +6000 feet, every 20 feet. The pressure scale reads from 24 to 31 inches of mercury. The back of the instrument is stamped “1415.” There is a leather case with strap.
label: Description
content: The Taylor Instrument Companies began operating, as such, 1904. The “E.D.” in the inscription may refer to the U.S. Army Engineer District.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
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content: Barometers
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content: Measuring & Mapping
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mrs. Llewellyn Edwards
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.325679
label: accession number
content: 257193
label: catalog number
content: 325679
objectType: label: Object Name
content: barometer, aneroid
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall in case: 2 in x 3 3/4 in x 4 1/4 in; 5.08 cm x 9.525 cm x 10.795 cm