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

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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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