Mercury Barometer
date: label: date made
content: late eighteenth century
notes: label: Description
content: This is a mercury barometer in a mahogany case. The barometer scale extends from 27 to 31 inches of mercury, and is read by a vernier. On the front of the case is an alcohol-in-glass thermometer with scale from 10 to 212 degrees Fahrenheit. The “Brooke Fecit Norwich” inscription might refer to Abraham Brook, author of <i>Miscellaneous Experiments and Remarks on Electricity, the Air Pump, and the Barometer</i> (Norwich, 1789).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, Norwich
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
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content: Measuring & Mapping
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.327568
label: accession number
content: 267874
label: catalog number
content: 327568
objectType: label: Object Name
content: barometer
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 38 1/2 in x 1 3/4 in x 1 5/8 in; 97.79 cm x 4.445 cm x 4.1275 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 37 1/2 in x 1 5/8 in x 1 3/4 in; 95.25 cm x 4.1275 cm x 4.445 cm