Mercury Barometer
date: label: date made
content: ca 1848-1864
name: label: maker
content: Pike, Jr., Benjamin
notes: label: Description
content: This barometer has an ornate oak case with a profile bust of George Washington covering the cistern. The inscription on a metal plate at the top reads “BENJN PIKE JUNR” and “294 BROADWAY / NEW YORK.” There are two barometer scales, one for Yesterday and one for Today; each extends from 17 to 31 inches of mercury, graduated to tenths and ready by vernier to hundredths, and marked “FAIR,” “Change,” and “RAIN.” A mercury-in-glass thermometer mounted in the middle of the instrument reads from -40 to +150 degrees Fahrenheit. Benjamin Pike, Jr., was in business on his own by 1848, and died in 1864.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
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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.326144
label: accession number
content: 259272
label: catalog number
content: 326144
objectType: label: Object Name
content: barometer, mercury
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 42 1/4 in x 9 in x 3 in; 107.315 cm x 22.86 cm x 7.62 cm