Barometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- MERCURY/BANJO
- DATE
- 1840–1860
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2001.0230.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- United Kingdom
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD CASING/ GLASS WINDOWS & TUBES/ METAL (BRASS) PARTS/ MERCURY
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 25.0 cm
- Width
- 5.2 cm
- Height
- 96.6 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
- Unknown
- Country
- United Kingdom
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- MID TO LATE 19TH CENTURY
- Canada
-
THIS TYPE OF BAROMETER WAS FIRST CONCEIVED BY ROBERT HOOKE IN 1665. IT BECAME VERY POPULAR IN MID 19TH C. & LARGE NUMBERS WERE MADE. THEY WERE POPULAR WITH AFFLUENT FAMILIES IN CANADA IN MID TO LATE 19TH C. SALA FAMILY WAS ONE OF SEVERAL ITALIAN FAMILIES MAKING METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS IN BRITAIN THROUGH 19TH C. - Function
-
INSTRUMENT THAT MEASURES ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE THROUGH ITS EFFECT ON COLUMN OF MERCURY. - Technical
-
INVENTED BY ONE OF MOST IMPORTANT SCIENTIFIC INNOVATORS OF 17TH C. (HOOKE), MERCURY BAROMETER WITH DIAL READOUT WAS SIMPLE TO CONSTRUCT & MAINTAIN. IT WAS LESS PRECISE THAN FORTIN SEALED CISTERN BAROMETER & WAS NOT PORTABLE; MECHANICAL LINK WITH THROUGH WEIGHT, STRING & PULLEY LIMITED PRECISION BUT MADE IT EASY & CHEAP TO MANUFACTURE. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- BLACK LETTERING ON DIAL READS "ME SALA" & "FECIT", WITH NUMBERS READING "28 29 50 51" & LETTERING READING "Change FAIR SET FAIR VERY DRY STORMY MUCH-RAIN RAIN"/ BLACK LETTERING ON THERMOMETER READS "Blood Heat/ Sum/ Heat/ Tempe/rate/ Freez/ing" WITH SCALE MARKINGS & NUMBERS 0 to + 140
- Missing
- COMPLETE From CA of 04/26/2004 by Sue Warren: Yes - appears to be missing top finial or decorative element, and some edge banding.
- Finish
- WOOD STAINED DARK BROWN & COATED/ COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT GLASS/GOLD COLOURED METAL
- Decoration
- INCISED FLORAL DESIGN AT TOP & BOTTOM OF CASING FRONT/ PAIR OF INCISED SHELL DESIGNS ON CASING FRONT/ BLACK SUNBURST DESIGN ON DIAL/ PAIRS OF INCISED BLACK DIAGONAL LINES ALONG PARTS OF FRONT EDGE
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Unknown Manufacturer, Barometer, between 1840–1860, Artifact no. 2001.0230, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2001.0230.001/
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