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. The case is metal and glass. The base is marked “BREVÉTÉS SGDG / RF / PARIS” and “43974Y.” Inside the case is a mercury-in-glass thermometer on an ivory plate marked “THERMOMETER” and “FAHRENHEIT.” 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: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France: Île-de-France, Paris
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.314531
label: catalog number
content: 314531
label: accession number
content: 204612
objectType: label: Object Name
content: barograph
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 15/16 in x 12 in x 6 7/16 in; 15.08125 cm x 30.48 cm x 16.35125 cm