Compound Meteorological Instrument
notes: label: Description
content: This large instrument in a handsome wooden frame has a thermometer, hygrometer and diagonal barometer, and paper that reads “A Perpetual Regulation of Time.” The “William Watkins” inscription is that of a London instrument maker active in the years 1784-1809. Francis Watkins, a prominent instrument maker in London, introduced the form in the mid-eighteenth century.
label: Description
content: Ref: Nicholas Goodison, <i>English Barometers, 1680-1860</i> (New York, 1968).
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.319469
label: catalog number
content: 319469
label: accession number
content: 238498
objectType: label: Object Name
content: barometer
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 35 in x 27 in; 88.9 cm x 68.58 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 44 1/2 in x 28 1/2 in x 4 in; 113.03 cm x 72.39 cm x 10.16 cm