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Brass aneroid table and wall barometer England late 19th century.

$1,314.74

£983.18

€1,100

CA$1,812.62

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CHF 1,045.46

MX$23,673.38

NOK 13,364.03

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About the Item

Brass aneroid or holosteric barometer, table and wall-mounted, late 19th-century English manufacture. Good condition, signs of use fully functional. Measurements cm 5x12.5 - 1.9x4.9 inches. The last photo is the gift box. This is an ancient measuring instrument whose pressure-sensitive organ is a metal box called a barometric capsule. The capsule contracts or expands as a result of pressure changes, and its movements are transmitted to an indicating pointer by a mechanical system. The development of this type of barometer was due to Bourdon, a French inventor and industrialist (Paris 1808-1884), who had founded a factory in Paris in 1835 to build steam engines; in 1849 he invented the metal manometer, to which he linked his name, and in 1853 a type of aneroid barometer. Since ancient times man, as a farmer and navigator, has observed and attempted to predict weather patterns. The scientific study of changes occurring in the atmosphere began in the mid-17th century, in connection with experiments tending to prove the existence of a vacuum, which ancient philosophers denied since "nature abhors a vacuum!".Evangelista Torricelli (1608-1647), a mathematician and physicist and a disciple of Galileo, was the first in 1643 to build an instrument capable of detecting changes in air pressure. He described his experiment resulting from the discovery that changes in atmospheric pressure are related to changes in weather.

Dimensions:
Height: 1.9 in (4.83 cm)Diameter: 4.9 in (12.45 cm)
Materials and Techniques:
Brass
Period:
Late 19th Century
Date of Manufacture:
1890
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use.
Seller Location:
Milan, IT
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU1020245383732

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