Hair Hygrometer
date: label: date made
content: ca 1829
name: label: maker
content: Fortin et Herrmann
notes: label: Description
content: Brass hygrometer with silvered scale inscribed "Fortin et Hermann, Genve. [?] à Paris" and "Humidité" (humidity) and "Secheresse" (dryness). Nicholas Fortin, the senior member of this firm, was an instrument maker well known for his improved mercury barometer. The U.S. Military Academy bought this example in the early 1830s.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France: Île-de-France, Paris
topic: label: Subject
content: Science & Scientific Instruments
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
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content: Military
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content: Thermometers and Hygrometers
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: U.S. Military Academy
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.315744
label: catalog number
content: 315744
label: accession number
content: 217544
objectType: label: Object Name
content: hair hygrometer
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 in x 3 7/8 in x 2 1/8 in; 33.02 cm x 9.8425 cm x 5.3975 cm