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Small wood and brass wall-mounted aneroid barometer in the shape of a rudder
$336.53
£249.28
€280
CA$460.36
A$501.77
CHF 265.28
MX$6,040.40
NOK 3,367.10
SEK 3,086.95
DKK 2,133.45
About the Item
Small wood and brass wall-mounted aneroid barometer in the shape of a six-ankle rudder. Signed SB Smiths British Made Instrument of the 1950s. This is an instrument whose pressure-sensitive organ is a metal box called a barometric capsule.
Good condition, a few marks on the glass.
Measurements 18x3.5 cm - inches 7.1x1.4
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). He 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 the 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 because "nature abhors a vacuum!".Evangelista Torricelli (1608-1647), mathematician and physicist, a disciple of Galileo, was the first in 1643 to build an instrument capable of detecting changes in air pressure, which he understood to be related to changes in atmospheric weather.
- Dimensions:Height: 1.4 in (3.56 cm)Diameter: 7.1 in (18.04 cm)
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- Date of Manufacture:1950
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:Milan, IT
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1020246924462
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