Aneroid Barometer
date: label: date made
content: 1865-1895
name: label: maker
content: R. & J. Beck
notes: label: Description
content: This small brass instrument, 2½ inches diameter, was owned by Spencer Fullerton Baird (1823-1887), the second Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. The silvered face is marked "R. & J. Beck / 51 Cornhill / LONDON / 516 / Compensated." The pressure scale around the circumference of the face extends from 15 to 31 inches of mercury. The altitude scale extends from 0 to 18,000 feet. The instrument is stored in a round, red leather case. R. & J. Beck was in business, as such, from 1865 to 1895.
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.284273
label: accession number
content: 55865
label: catalog number
content: 284273
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Aneroid Barometer
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2.3 cm x 6.2 cm; 29/32 in x 2 7/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall in case: 1 in x 2 1/2 in x 3 in; 2.54 cm x 6.35 cm x 7.62 cm