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Pocket Altitude Aneroid Barometer in Travelling Case, by J.H. Steward, London, c. 1900

Inventory Number 24612


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.24612

Item type
Object
Provenance
Not ascertained.
Primary inscriptions
"J.H. Steward, 457 West Strand, LONDON" [on barometer scale]; "J.H. STEWARD 457 WEST STRAND LONDON" [engraved on ivory plate of the thermometer and compass].
Object type
barometer
Dimensions
Diameter: 60mm Height: 34mm Weight: 131g
Inventory No
24612

Description

Gilt-brass with silvered barometer scale in inches and millibars, and height scale in feet (up 10 10,000) and metres (up to 3000). In the lid of the leather carrying case is an ivory disc with curved mercury thermometer and pivoted compass card.