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Bent -Tube Barometer

Inventory Number 21418


Item type
Object
Physical material
Wood
Glass
Metal
Mercury
Object type
barometer
Inventory No
21418

Description

A diagonal barometer and thermometer in a rectangular mahogany frame, with the barometer at the right, the diagonal sloping upward to the left. The thermometer, of which the tube is missing, has the old Royal Society scale of temperature, O degrees being extremely hot and 95 degrees extremely cold.