Desk Set
date: label: date made
content: late 19th century
notes: label: Description
content: This desk set came to the Smithsonian in 1900, in a “collection of ethnological, historical and technological objects” amassed by Anthony Gies, the Chief Inspector of Streets and Drainage in Manila. According to Gies, it was found in the house of Emilio Aguinaldo, the revolutionary leader of the Philippines.
label: Description
content: A metal base holds two circular instruments, each 3½ inches in diameter and 3 inches deep. One is a clock with an enamel face and two scales: Roman numerals for the hours and Arabic numerals for every 5 minutes. The other instrument is an aneroid barometer, also with an enamel face. This is marked ‘BAROMETRO ANEROÏDE.” The pressure scale extends from 68 to 80 centimeters of mercury, read to tenths. It is also marked “TEMPESTAD GeLluvia LloViento VARIABLE Buen To B.T.Fijo MUY SECO.” The space between these two instruments is filled with a mercury-in-glass thermometer mounted on a metal plate with two scales. This plate is marked “THERMOMETRO” and “CENTIGRADO” and “REAUMUR.” Above the thermometer is a magnetic compass, 1½ inches diameter.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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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.205532
label: accession number
content: 36555
label: catalog number
content: 205532
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Aneroid Barometer
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 23 cm x 26 cm x 12 cm; 9 1/16 in x 10 1/4 in x 4 3/4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 in x 10 1/4 in x 4 3/4 in; 22.86 cm x 26.035 cm x 12.065 cm