Aneroid Barometer
date: label: date made
content: late 19th century
notes: label: Description
content: This is a brass instrument, 4¼ inches diameter and 2 inches deep. It can lie flat or, stand erect on two little legs. The face is white, with a hole in the center to reveal the mechanism. The circumference of the face is marked “Baromètre Anéroïde” with French words for the various weather conditions. The pressure scale extends from 69 to 80 centimeters of mercury, read to millimeters.
label: Description
content: This came to the Smithsonian in 1910, a transfer from the U.S. Department of the Interior. It had probably been collected by the short-lived federal Bureau of Education.
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: U.S. Department of the Interior
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.261257
label: accession number
content: 51116
label: catalog number
content: 261257
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Aneroid Barometer
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/2 in x 2 in x 4 3/8 in; 13.97 cm x 5.08 cm x 11.1125 cm