Mercury Barometer
date: label: date made
content: 1855-1867
name: label: maker
content: Benjamin Pike & Sons
notes: label: Description
content: The silvered plate at the top of this simple wood frame reads “B. PIKE & SONS / 518 BROADWAY / NEW YORK.” The barometer scale extends from 27 to 31 inches of mercury; it is graduated by tenths and read by vernier to hundredths, and there are indications for “STORMY,” “RAIN,” CHANGE,” and “FAIR.” The mercury-in-glass thermometer, also at the top, is graduated in degrees Fahrenheit and Reaumur, with indications for “Freezing,” “Temperate,” “Summr Heat,” “Blood Heat,” and “Fever Heat.” B. Pike & Sons was in business from 1841 to 1867, and at this address from 1855.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York
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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.316739
label: accession number
content: 228181
label: catalog number
content: 316739
objectType: label: Object Name
content: barometer, mercury
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall-approx: 36 1/4 in x 4 1/4 in x 2 in; 92.075 cm x 10.795 cm x 5.08 cm