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Surveying Aneroid Barometer, by John Davis & Son (Derby) Ltd, Derby, Early 20th Century

Inventory Number 93778


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.93778

Item type
Object
Provenance
Purchased.
Primary inscriptions
"Surveying Aneroid/ COMPENSATED FOR TEMPERATURE/ No. D. 20430./ JOHN DAVIS & SON (DERBY) LTD.,/DERBY.".
Physical material
Leather
Metal
Aluminium
Object type
barometer
Dimensions
Diameter: 128mm
Inventory No
93778
Accession Number
1983-11

Description

Circular aluminium case with large dial with silver scale calibrated in inches and feet. In leather carrying-case.