A circa 1900 antique pocket barometer with case. It is in good condition with most of the original gilding intact. The bezel rotates and has a marker needle to record the reading. The barometer is working and is approximately calibrated – fine calibrate if you wish. (shown working when subjected to air pressure in a plastic bag) The original leather fitted case has signs of age and use. Pocket barometers by J Hicks are always desirable. Hatton Garden, London : James J. By 1914 the company had 150 employees. The company traded at 8 Hatton Garden, before expanding to 8, 9, & 10 Hatton Garden c. In 1852 Hicks had been apprenticed to L. Casella of Hatton Garden, where by 1860 he had risen to the status of foreman. This date marks also the first of many patents filed by Hicks, principally relating to meteorological and clinical thermometers, but covering other items such as barometers, hydrometers and radiometers, aneroid barometers, and various medical appliances utilizing aneroid pressure capsules. The item “GOOD ANTIQUE ENGLISH POCKET BAROMETER J. HICKS” is in sale since Thursday, December 20, 2018. This item is in the category “Antiques\Science & Medicine (Pre-1930)\Scientific Instruments\Barometers”. The seller is “savoy88″ and is located in VICTORIA, BC. This item can be shipped to Canada, United States.
