Comparison Aneroid Barometer
date: label: date made
content: ca 1940
name: label: maker
content: R. Fuess
notes: label: Description
content: This instrument is 5¼ inches diameter and 3¼ inches deep. The inscriptions on the face read “R. / FUESS / BERLIN-STEGLITZ” and “195153” and “D.R.P.” and “mb.” The scale around the circumference of the face extends from 0 to 1100. A nozzle on the side of the pressure-tight steel case is designed for attaching a hose that would be connected to a testing device.
label: Description
content: This came to the Smithsonian in 1959, a transfer from the U.S. Weather Bureau. It may date from around 1940.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany: Berlin
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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: U.S. Weather Bureau
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.316274
label: accession number
content: 224564
label: catalog number
content: 316274
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Aneroid Barometer
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/4 in x 6 in x 5 3/8 in; 8.255 cm x 15.24 cm x 13.6525 cm