Aneroid Barometer
date: label: date made
content: late 19th century
name: label: maker
content: J. H. Steward. Ltd.
notes: label: Description
content: This pocket aneroid barometer is 2 inches diameter. The inscription on the face reads: “COMPENSATED / TEMP ALT. SCALE / 50° FAHT / J. H. STEWARD LTD / 406, STRAND / 457, WEST STRAND / LONDON / 6191.” The circumference of the face is graduated for altitude, from -10 to +1500 feet. An inner circle is graduated from 17.5 to 31 inches of mercury. A paper label in the lid of the leather case provides a correction to be applied to the altitude scale for mean air temperature above or below 50° Fahrenheit.
label: Description
content: James Henry Steward opened an optical instrument shop at 406 Strand in 1857, a second shop at 457 West Strand in 1886, and a third shop at 7 Gracechurch St. in 1893. While Steward sold this instrument, he probably did not make it.
label: Description
content: This was used by the Washington born intaglio artist Benson Bond Moore. The Archives of American Art transferred it to the National Museum of American History.
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: 1999.0007.01
label: catalog number
content: 1999.0007.01
label: accession number
content: 1999.0007
objectType: label: Object Name
content: aneroid barometer
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3.2 cm x 6.1 cm; 1 1/4 in x 2 13/32 in
label: Measurements
content: overall in case: 1 1/4 in x 2 7/16 in; 3.175 cm x 6.19125 cm