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Plate (Colour Engraving) Front and side view of Jordan's Glycerine Barometer to scale, with a close front view of a portion of the tube at full size, and the cistern. With scale. Drawn by Jas. B. Jordan.

Inventory Number 13740


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.13740

Item type
Object
Primary inscriptions
Jas B. Jordan delt.
Physical material
Paper
Physical medium
Black ink
Physical technique
Engraving
Object type
print
Dimensions
Height: 210mm Width: 130mm
Inventory No
13740

Description

Colour engraving of 4 instruments in a single lined border.

Accompanied by single leaf [p. 7-8] of same book that explains the working of the glycerine barometer with pencil annotation on p. 8