Aneroid Barograph
date: label: date made
content: 1888-1909
name: label: maker
content: Richard Freres
notes: label: Description
content: The Department of Interior transferred this aneroid barograph to the Smithsonian in 1910. A metal tag on top reads “BAROMÈTRE ENRÉGISTREUR / BREVETÉ S.G.D.G. / RICHARD FRÈRES / CONSTRUCTEURS / 8. IMPASSE FESSART / PARIS.” The base is marked “RF / PARIS” and “1435.” Felix Richard began making aneroid barographs in Paris in 1845. His son, Jules Richard, took over the business in 1876. The firm began trading as Richard Frères in 1882, and became Jules Richard in 1891.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France: Île-de-France, Paris
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.261255
label: accession number
content: 51116
label: catalog number
content: 261255
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Aneroid Barograph
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/2 in x 10 7/8 in x 5 1/8 in; 19.05 cm x 27.6225 cm x 13.0175 cm