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Pocket Altitude Aneroid Barometer, by Stanley, London, Late 19th Century

Inventory Number 61632

Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.61632

Item type
Object
Makers
Stanley
Provenance
Not ascertained.
Primary inscriptions
"Stanley LONDON 3.330" [engraved on silver scale].
Physical material
Leather
Textile
Metal
Glass
Physical technique
Silvered
Object type
barometer
Dimensions
Diameter: 74mm Height: 95mm Width: 87mm Depth: 48mm Weight: 362g
Inventory No
61632

Description

Copper alloy circular case with silvered scale marked from 26 to 32 (inches) pressure and 0 to 6000 (feet?) on outer edge. In leather travelling case, used for determining heights of mountains and when ballooning. In oval leather case.

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