Aneroid Barograph
name: label: maker
content: Short & Mason
notes: label: Description
content: The Taylor Instrument Co. donated this aneroid barograph to the Smithsonian in 1923. An inscription on the frame reads “Tycos Stormograph / Reg. U.S. PAT. OFF. / Short & Mason / London / MADE IN ENGLAND.” A tag reads “Taylor / Instrument Companies / Rochester, N.Y. U.S.A.”
label: Description
content: The firm of Short & Mason was formed in London in 1875, and was acquired by Taylor Instrument Companies of Rochester ca. 1900. The term Stormograph came into use in 1913.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
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: PH.308171
label: catalog number
content: 308171
label: accession number
content: 70532
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Aneroid Barograph
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/2 in x 12 1/4 in x 6 1/8 in; 19.05 cm x 31.115 cm x 15.5575 cm