Aneroid Barograph
name: label: maker
content: Richard Freres
notes: label: Description
content: The U.S. Weather Bureau transferred this aneroid barograph to the Smithsonian in 1955. A metal tag on top of the wood and glass case reads “RICHARD Frères / Inventeurs et Constructeurs à Paris / J. GLAENZER & CO. / Léon J. GLAENZER 80 Chamber Street NEW-YORK / Sole Agents for the United-States / PATENT N. 334,613.” The base of the instrument is marked “BREVETÉ SGDG / RF / PARIS” and “8772.” Felix Richard began making aneroid barometers in Paris in 1845. His son, Jules Richard, took over the business in 1876. The firm began trading as Richard Frères in 1882, and became Jules Richard in 1891.
label: Description
content: Ref: Jules Richard, “Recording Apparatus for Barometers, &c.” U.S. Patent 334,613 (Jan. 19, 1886), assigned to Richard Frères.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France: Île-de-France, Paris
topic: label: Subject
content: Science & Scientific Instruments
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.314532
label: catalog number
content: 314532
label: accession number
content: 204612
objectType: label: Object Name
content: barograph
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 3/4 in x 11 1/8 in x 5 5/8 in; 17.145 cm x 28.2575 cm x 14.2875 cm