Barometer
date: label: date made
content: 1831-1841
name: label: maker
content: Benjamin Pike & Son
notes: label: Description
content: Mercury barometer in a simple wooden case that was probably made in the 1830s and intended for use in a domestic setting. A glass door at the top protects the silvered face inscribed “Benj. Pike & Son / New York.” The barometer scale on the right extends from 27 to 31 inches of mercury, is graduated in tenths, and is read by vernier to hundredths of an inch. The mercury-in-glass thermometer on the right extends from -20 to +115 degrees Fahrenheit, and is graduated every 2 degrees; it is also marked “Freez/ing,” “Temp/rate,” “Sun/Heat,” “Blood /Heat,” and “Fever/Heat.” The cistern is spherical.
label: Description
content: Benjamin Pike, Jr., <i>Illustrated Descriptive Catalogue of Optical, Mathematical, and Philosophical Instruments</i> (New York, 1856), vol. 2, p. 119.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
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content: Barometers
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content: Measuring & Mapping
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Wabash College
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.323000
label: accession number
content: 249201
label: catalog number
content: 323000
objectType: label: Object Name
content: barometer, mercury
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 1/2 in x 4 1/2 in x 3 1/4 in; 92.71 cm x 11.43 cm x 8.255 cm