Aneroid Barometer
date: label: date made
content: 1859-1896
name: label: maker
content: James W. Queen & Co.
notes: label: Description
content: The inscriptions on the face of this aneroid barometer read “Compensated” and “James W. Queen & Co. / PHILADELPHIA.” The pressure scale around the circumference extends from 18 to 31 inches of mercury. The altitude scale extends to 15,000 feet elevation and is read by vernier and microscope to single feet. The diameter is about 3.5 inches. Although this instrument was sold by Queen, it was was probably made in London, perhaps by Short & Mason. New, it would have sold for $60.
label: Description
content: Ref.: James W. Queen & Co., <i>Priced and Illustrated Catalogue of Meteorological Instruments</i> (Philadelphia, 1882), p. 93.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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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: 1996.0163.01
label: accession number
content: 1996.0163
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0163.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: barometer
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 cm x 9 cm x 11.3 cm; 1 31/32 in x 3 17/32 in x 4 7/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 5/8 in x 4 in x 3 3/4 in; 6.6675 cm x 10.16 cm x 9.525 cm