Object Details
- Spencer, Browning & Co.
- Description
- Gimbal-mounted mercury barometer with a mahogany case. The cistern is boxwood with a leather bottom, and its cover is brass. The ivory scale extends from 26.3 to 31 inches of mercury, and is read by vernier to 0.01 inch. The thermometer on the stem reads in degrees Fahrenheit and Reaumur. The “Spencer, Browning & Co Minories London” inscription refers to a firm that was active during the period 1840-1870.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- 1840-1870
- ID Number
- PH.325753
- accession number
- 257197
- catalog number
- 325753
- Object Name
- barometer, mercury
- Measurements
- overall: 37 1/2 in x 4 1/2 in x 10 1/2 in; 95.25 cm x 11.43 cm x 26.67 cm
- overall: 37 1/2 in x 3 in x 1 1/2 in; 95.25 cm x 7.62 cm x 3.81 cm
- place made
- United Kingdom: England, London
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
- Barometers
- Measuring & Mapping
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1419570
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-c6bf-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
