Marine Mercury Barometer
date: label: date made
content: 1840-1870
name: label: maker
content: Spencer, Browning & Co.
notes: label: Description
content: Gimbal-mounted mercury barometer with a mahogany case. The cistern is boxwood with a leather bottom, and its cover is brass. The ivory scale extends from 26.3 to 31 inches of mercury, and is read by vernier to 0.01 inch. The thermometer on the stem reads in degrees Fahrenheit and Reaumur. The “Spencer, Browning & Co Minories London” inscription refers to a firm that was active during the period 1840-1870.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
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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.325753
label: accession number
content: 257197
label: catalog number
content: 325753
objectType: label: Object Name
content: barometer, mercury
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 37 1/2 in x 4 1/2 in x 10 1/2 in; 95.25 cm x 11.43 cm x 26.67 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 37 1/2 in x 3 in x 1 1/2 in; 95.25 cm x 7.62 cm x 3.81 cm