Aneroid Barometer
Object Details
- Taylor Instrument Co.
- Description
- The inscriptions on the face of this instrument read "COMPENSATED FOR TEMPERATURE” and “Taylor Instrument Companies / ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S.A. / E.D. No. 4380.” One scale around the circumference extends from -200 to +1800 meters; another extends from -1000 feet to +6000 feet; and a third extends from 24 to 31 inches of mercury. There is a brown leather case. The Taylor Instrument Companies began operating, as such, in 1904.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- University of Missouri-Columbia
- 1904-1972
- ID Number
- PH.333642
- catalog number
- 333642
- accession number
- 300659
- Object Name
- barometer, aneroid
- Measurements
- overall: 3 1/2 in; 8.89 cm
- overall in case: 1 3/4 in x 3 1/2 in x 4 in; 4.445 cm x 8.89 cm x 10.16 cm
- place made
- United States: New York, Rochester
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
- Barometers
- Measuring & Mapping
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1420368
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-a142-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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