Antique French wheel mercury barometer signed Bayles a Cabors, circa 1900. Solid hardwood case with decorative molding detail. Features a spirit thermometer. Scales are printed in French with outer scale metric and inner scale’Paris Inch’ – an official scale in use since Charlemagne (used for 1000 years), favored by Continental scientists until the (French) metric system became more widespread. Reaumur / metric units on thermometer scale. Please check out our other items and be sure to add Paul Madden Antiques to your favorites list as we are posting new items every week. PAUL MADDEN ANTIQUES has been an active marketplace for over 40 years with 3 generations of Maddens. We offer a large inventory of Americana in great variety and have been an important source for collectors, decorators, and museums. We offer for sale American folk art, antique Nantucket Lightship baskets, Cape Cod & Islands artwork, and a vast inventory marine related items. We guarantee everything we sell. The item “Antique French Wheel Barometer” is in sale since Tuesday, March 9, 2021. This item is in the category “Antiques\Science & Medicine (Pre-1930)\Scientific Instruments\Barometers”. The seller is “paulmaddenantiques” and is located in Sandwich, Massachusetts. This item can be shipped worldwide.
