Aneroid Barometer
date: label: date made
content: 1860s
name: label: maker
content: Kendall, Edwin
notes: label: Description
content: Following in his father’s footsteps, Edwin Kendall (b. 1812) manufactured thermometers in New Lebanon, New York. By the 1850s he was making aneroid barometers as well, and aiming his advertising at farmers. This example has a paper plate marked “ANEROID BAROMETER / E. KENDALL / NEW LEBANON SPA. / N.Y.” The scale around the circumference extends from 24 to 32 inches of mercury, and is graduated to .02 inches. One hand indicates the current pressure, and the other a previous one.
label: Description
content: Ref.: S.C. Turner, "The Kendall Family: Thermometer and Barometer Makers," <i>Rittenhouse</i> 7 (1992): 16-27.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New Lebanon
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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: 1990.0230.01
label: catalog number
content: 1990.0230.01
label: accession number
content: 1990.0230
objectType: label: Object Name
content: barometer, aneroid
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 3/4 in; 12.065 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 3/8 in x 5 3/4 in x 6 3/8 in; 6.0325 cm x 14.605 cm x 16.1925 cm