Antique
art deco French aneroid barometer with a mercury barometer
Antique
instrument measuring atmospheric pressure, used especially in forecasting the
weather and determining altitude.This aneroid barometer is an instrument used
for measuring pressure as a method that does not involve liquid. Invented in
1844 by French scientist Lucien Vidi, the aneroid barometer uses a small,
flexible metal box called an aneroid cell (capsule), which is made from an alloy
of beryllium and copper. It includes a mercury barometer has a vertical glass
tube closed at the top sitting in an open mercury-filled basin at the bottom to
gage temperature .This one is art deco in style so it was produced around 1920.
Size
H.18 x W.8 x D.3 , wood base , good antique condition ..
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