Aneroid Barometer
date: label: date made
content: late 19th century
notes: label: Description
content: This small barometer was probably made by Short & Mason in London, in the latter decades of the nineteenth century. The inscriptions on the face read “Compensated” and “MADE IN ENGLAND.” The scale around the circumference of the face extends from 21 to 31 inches of mercury, graduated to tenths, with indications for “RAIN,” “CHANGE” and “FAIR.” Another scale, which is moveable, indicates elevation from zero to 10,000 feet. The case is gilt.
label: Description
content: Ref: Short & Mason, Ltd., <i>Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue and Price List of Barometers, Compasses, Air Meters, Self-Recording and Other Scientific Instruments</i> (London, after 1900), pp. 9-10.
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: U.S. Geological Survey
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.247927
label: catalog number
content: 247927
label: accession number
content: 47736
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Aneroid Barometer
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 3/4 in; 6.985 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 11/16 in x 7/8 in x 2 5/8 in; 9.36625 cm x 2.2225 cm x 6.6675 cm