Barometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- MERCURY/NEWMAN/MOVABLE SCALE/INCHES/STATION STANDARD BAROMETER/
- DATE
- 1839
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.0512.001
- MANUFACTURER
- NEWMAN, J.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- London, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 33
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL CASING & PARTS/ GLASS BAROMETER TUBE/ WOOD (MAHOGHANY?) PANEL/ MERCURY/ SYNTHETIC & WOOD DISPLAY CASE.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 31.0 cm
- Width
- 31.0 cm
- Height
- 183.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Meteorology
- Category
- Atmospheric pressure measurement
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- NEWMAN
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- London
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- CA. 1840 TO 1940'S
- Canada
-
THIS IS ONE OF A PAIR OF BAROMETERS BROUGHT TO CANADA IN 1839-40 FOR USE AT THE TORONTO OBSERVATORY, ONE OF SEVERAL OBSERVING STATIONS ACROSS THE BRITISH EMPIRE ERECTED IN A FIRST ATTEMPT TO MONITOR WORLDWIDE WEATHER PATTERNS. THIS INSTRUMENT SERVED AS CANADA'S PRIMARY STANDARD BAROMETER FOR A CENTURY. - Function
-
AN INSTRUMENT THAT MEASURES ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE BY MEANS OF ITS EFFECT ON A COLUMN OF MERCURY. THIS WAS THE STANDARD BAROMETER FOR CANADA, USED ALMOST DAILY FOR ALL OFFICIAL OBSERVATIONS OF AIR PRESSURE (1). - Technical
-
A TRANSPORTABLE, MOVABLE SCALE BAROMETER WITH A TWO PART CISTERN, DEVELOPED BY NEWMAN SPECIFICALLY FOR THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT FOR USE AT ITS NEWLY ESTABLISHED OBSERVATORIES ACROSS THE BRITISH EMPIRE, THIS WAS ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL & DURABLE STATION BAROMETERS EVER CONSTRUCTED (1). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- CASING MARKED IN BLACK 'J. NEWMAN/ 122, Regent St./ London' ON ONE SIDE & 'No. 33/ Tube 506 diameter' ON OTHER SIDE AT TOP/ SCALE DIVIDED IN BLACK FOR 27 TO 31 INCHES & MARKED 'Temp,re 32' degrees
- Missing
- From CA of 11/02/1993 by Tony Missio: No - Complete
- Finish
- CASING PAINTED BLACK/ BRASS COLOURED PARTS/ CLEAR, COLOURLESS GLASS/ BROWN VARNISHED WOOD/ WHITE SYNTHETIC COVERED DISPLAY CASE WITH TRANSPARENT FRONT & SIDES/ BRASS COLOURED PARTS.
- Decoration
- N/A
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NEWMAN, J., Barometer, 1839, Artifact no. 1987.0512, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.0512.001/
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