Robert Cammack of Ormskirk. The case is not a functioning barometer. The glass tube is missing from the back of the case but the pulley and brass plate are intact. The thermometer is missing from the front neck of the case. The case measures 12″ wide, [...]
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1926 Compass & Barometer of Robert Peet Skinner US Diplomat, E. B. Meyrowitz Ohio
2″ in diameter and 1″ thick, weighing 5.7 ounces, an English pocket compass and barometer made for the French trade. Mayrowitz, a high end optical goods purveyor in NY, Paris and London. The compass face is mother of pearl and has a stop-slide which is working. The barometer appears to [...]
Antique Collectible Barometer Robert Kentz Imperial Russian Empire
Imperial Russian Empire measuring device. Please see the photo. For the first time, the barometer was invented and described in the work Opera geometrica in 1644 by the scientist from Florence (Italy) Evangelista Torricelli. It was a liquid mercury barometer, the pressure of which was measured by the height of the mercury (liquid) [...]
Antique Collectible Barometer Robert Kentz Imperial Russian Empire
Imperial Russian Empire measuring device. Please see the photo. For the first time, the barometer was invented and described in the work Opera geometrica in 1644 by the scientist from Florence (Italy) Evangelista Torricelli. It was a liquid mercury barometer, the pressure of which was measured by the height of [...]