Object Details
- Description
- This is a mercury barometer in a mahogany case. The barometer scale extends from 27 to 31 inches of mercury, and is read by a vernier. On the front of the case is an alcohol-in-glass thermometer with scale from 10 to 212 degrees Fahrenheit. The “Brooke Fecit Norwich” inscription might refer to Abraham Brook, author of Miscellaneous Experiments and Remarks on Electricity, the Air Pump, and the Barometer (Norwich, 1789).
- Location
- Currently not on view
- late eighteenth century
- ID Number
- PH.327568
- accession number
- 267874
- catalog number
- 327568
- Object Name
- barometer
- Measurements
- overall: 38 1/2 in x 1 3/4 in x 1 5/8 in; 97.79 cm x 4.445 cm x 4.1275 cm
- overall: 37 1/2 in x 1 5/8 in x 1 3/4 in; 95.25 cm x 4.1275 cm x 4.445 cm
- place made
- United Kingdom: England, Norwich
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
- Measuring & Mapping
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1419730
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-7a40-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
