Hair Hygrometer (replica)
date: label: date made
content: before 1954
notes: label: Description
content: This is a replica of the second model of the hair hygrometer devised by Horace Benedict de Saussure (1740-1799).
label: Description
content: Ref: Horace Bénédict de Saussure, <i>Essais sur l’Hygrometrie</i> (Neufchatel, 1783).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
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content: Thermometers and Hygrometers
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content: Measuring & Mapping
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: U.S. Weather Bureau
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.314542
label: catalog number
content: 314542
label: accession number
content: 204612
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Hygrometer
label: Object Name
content: hygrometer (replica)
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/4 in x 16 1/4 in x 6 5/8 in; 8.255 cm x 41.275 cm x 16.8275 cm