Barometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- MERCURY/FORTIN/IN/ADJUSTABLE CISTERN/MOVABLE SCALE
- DATE
- 1900
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.0551.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Negretti & Zambra
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- London, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- C468
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- BRASS CASING AND TUBE/ GLASS TUBES & CYLINDER/ IVORY POINT/ WOOD & LEATHER CISTERN/ METAL PARTS.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- 6.2 cm
- Height
- 98.0 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
- Negretti Zambra
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- London
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
BRITISH MADE BAROMETER OF TYPE USED BY CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE IN LATE 19TH CENTURY. - Function
-
AN INSTRUMENT THAT MEASURES ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE THROUGH ITS EFFECT ON A COLUMN OF MERCURY. - Technical
-
LARGE FORTIN TYPE BAROMETER WITH ADJUSTABLE BOXWOOD & LEATHER CISTERN, IVORY POINT, & GLASS CYLINDER; SCREW IN BASE ALLOWS LEATHER BAG TO BE RAISED UNTIL MERCURY TOUCHES FIDUCIAL POINT. INVENTED C. 1800 BY FORTIN, THIS INSTRUMENT IS MORE COMPLEX TO ADJUST BUT EASIER TO TRANSPORT THAN FIXED CISTERN TYPE. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Incised lettering on tube reading 'NEGRETTI & ZAMBRA/Instrument Makers to the Queen/LONDON' & on base 'C468'/incised black markings on scale for 23 to 32 inches/thermometer marked for 0 to 140 & '40820'.
- Missing
- MERCURY From CA of 11/02/1993 by Tony Missio: Yes
- Finish
- BLACK ENAMEL PAINTED CASING AND THERMOMETER CASING/ BRASS COLOURED TUBE/ CLEAR, COLOURLESS GLASS WITH WHITE BACKED THERMOMETER.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Negretti & Zambra, Barometer, circa 1900, Artifact no. 1987.0551, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.0551.001/
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