Barometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- MERCURY/CISTERN-SIPHON/MM/ADJUSTABLE CISTERN/STANDARD
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1973.0532.001
- MANUFACTURER
- FUESS, R.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Berlin-Steglitz, Germany
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General Information
- Serial #
- 672
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL, INCLUDING BRASS/ GLASS TUBES & LEVEL BUBBLES/ WOOD CASE WITH GLASS WINDOWS & METAL HARDWARE/ MERCURY?
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 34.2 cm
- Width
- 27.5 cm
- Height
- 136.0 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
- FUESS
- Country
- Germany
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Berlin-Steglitz
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
AN INSTRUMENT THAT MEASURE ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE BY MEANS OF ITS EFFECTON 2 COLUMNS OF MERCURY IN A DOUBLE LIMBED TUBE. - Technical
-
APPEARS TO BE WILD TYPE CISTERN-SIPHON BAROMETER DEVELOPED BY DR. H. WILD OF RUSSIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE IN 1870'S, WITH 2 TUBE LIMBS, ONE PASSING THROUGH OTHER ON WAY TO CISTEN. FUESS SOON DEVELOPED LINE OF CISTERN-SIPHONBAROMETERS THAT WERE POPULAR IN EUROPE FOR AT LEAST 50 YEARS (1). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INCISED LETTERING ON SIDE READING 'R. FUESS BERLIN-STEGLITZ NO. 672'/ PLATE ON CASE READS 'Library Bureau of Canada Ltd."
- Missing
- From CA of 11/03/1993 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
- Finish
- PLATED, BRASS COLOURED, & BLACK PAINTED METAL/ WOOD STAINED BROWN & VARNISHED/ COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT GLASS
- Decoration
- N/A
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FUESS, R., Barometer, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1973.0532, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1973.0532.001/
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