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Bent Tube Barometer, by Howorth, Halifax

Inventory Number 29801


Item type
Object
Makers
Howorth
Primary inscriptions
"CHARLES HOWORTH FECIT HALIFAX"
Object type
barometer
Inventory No
29801

Description

Dog leg wooden frame with two bent glass tubes running parallel to each other. Tubes contain mercury but air has got in so the mercury is scattered.  Paper chart behind glazing. Central metal rod with two sliding markers. Small thermometer on lower section containing coloured alcohol, but scale plate missing.