Barometer
date: label: date made
content: 1830-1860
name: label: maker
content: Wightman, Joseph Milner
notes: label: Description
content: The “J. M. WIGHTMAN BOSTON” inscription on this mercury barometer is that of Joseph M. Wightman (1812-1885), a Bostonian who made and sold apparatus for pedagogical purposes. The case is mahogany. The ivory scale extends from 26 to 31 inches, is read by a vernier, and has indications for “RAIN,” “CHANGE” and “FAIR.” The cistern is boxwood with a leather bottom that is adjustable by a brass knob.
label: Description
content: Ref.: Ellen McBee, “Joseph Milner Wightman: Philosophical Instrument Maker,” <i>Rittenhouse</i> 6 (1992): 65-72.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
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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: Washington and Jefferson College
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0570.01
label: accession number
content: 1982.0570
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0570.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Mercury Barometer
label: Object Name
content: barometer
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 34 5/8 in x 4 in x 2 1/4 in; 87.9475 cm x 10.16 cm x 5.715 cm