Mercury Barometer
date: label: date made
content: 1835-1868
name: label: maker
content: Taylor, Janet
notes: label: Description
content: Gimbal-mounted mercury barometer with a rosewood case. The ivory scale extends from 26.5 to 31 inches of mercury, is read by vernier to 0.01 inch, and indicates “STORMY,” “RAIN,” “CHANGE,” and “FAIR.” The attached thermometer reads in degrees Fahrenheit and Centigrade, and indicates Freezing, Temperate, Summer Heat, Blood Heat, and Fever Heat. The “Mrs. Janet Taylor / 204 MINORIES / LONDON” inscription is that of a woman who ran a Nautical Academy and Navigation Warehouse in London from 1835 to 1868.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
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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: Joel Barlow
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.336905
label: accession number
content: 288677
label: catalog number
content: 336905
objectType: label: Object Name
content: barometer, mercury
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 37 7/8 in x 2 15/16 in x 2 in; 96.2025 cm x 7.46125 cm x 5.08 cm