Mercury Barometer
date: label: date made
content: 1853
name: label: maker
content: Ernst
notes: label: Description
content: On February 12, 1853, the Smithsonian paid M. Ernst in Paris $100 for four barometers and metal tripods. This instrument, marked "Ernst, Rue de Lille, No. 11, à Paris," is one of those barometers. The scale extends from 400 to 825 millimeters, and is read by vernier to tenths. There is a mercury-in-glass thermometer on the side of the tube. There is also a knob for adjusting the size of the cistern so that the barometer may be safely moved from one place to another.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France: Île-de-France, Département de Ville-de-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: ZZ.RSN79557930
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Barometer
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 38 3/4 in x 2 in; 98.425 cm x 5.08 cm