Complex Meteorological Instrument
notes: label: Description
content: This complex instrument has three separate tubes on one wooden panel. The inscriptions read “BAROMETRE” and “CONTROLEUR DU THERMOMÈTRE SELON REAUMUR / LE SEC / . . . / LA GORGUE / Department / Du Nord.” The dates of various record temperatures are given; the latest is Lille 1858.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.319794
label: catalog number
content: 319794
label: accession number
content: 239772
objectType: label: Object Name
content: barometer
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 in x 38 1/2 in; 27.94 cm x 97.79 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 38 1/4 in x 11 in x 3/4 in; 97.155 cm x 27.94 cm x 1.905 cm