Aneroid Barograph
name: label: maker
content: Richard, Jules Nicholas
notes: label: Description
content: The War Department Signal Corps transferred this large aneroid barograph to the Smithsonian in 1923. The base is marked “BREVÉTÉS SGDG” and “82094. The metal base of an attached mercury-in-glass thermometer is marked “FAHRENHEIT” and “CENTIGRADE.” It was probably made by the Richard firm in Paris. Felix Richard began making aneroid barometers 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
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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.308190
label: catalog number
content: 308190
label: accession number
content: 70852
objectType: label: Object Name
content: aneroid barograph
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 in x 16 3/16 in x 7 1/2 in; 22.86 cm x 41.11625 cm x 19.05 cm