- Item type
- Object
- Makers
- John Newman
- Provenance
- Presented by the Radcliffe Trustees in 1933. From the Radcliffe Observatory, Oxford.
- Primary inscriptions
- 'FRAS RONALDS / INVR' 'INO NEWMAN / FECIT'
- Object type
- Barograph
- Dimensions
- Height: 1235mm Width: 880mm Depth: 1145mm
- Inventory No
- 12744
- Accession Number
- 1933-31
Description
Wooden framed barograph by Francis Ronalds, made in 1854, was one of the first automatically recording meteorological instruments in regular use. Two loose lenses and removable box with hinged side.
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