Aneroid Barometer

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Description:

Jakob Goldschmid, a mechanic in Zurich, Switzerland, designed an aneroid barometer that promised great stability, but that had to be adjusted before each reading. This example was manufactured by the firm run by Rudolf Hottinger, who was Goldschmid’s son-in-law and successor. It has an eyepiece for viewing the internal mechanism, and a thermometer for determining the internal temperature. The face is marked “Ship-Barometer / No. 116” and “HOTTINGER & CO. / ZURICH” and also carries a scale of correction tables. A printed card with diagram and instructions for use, in English, is mounted inside the case.

Ref.: "The Goldschmid Aneroid," Van Nostrand's Engineering Magazine 25 (1881): 300-303.

Date Made: ca 1870-1883

Maker: Hottinger & Cie.

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: Switzerland: Zürich, Zurich

See more items in: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences, Barometers, Measuring & Mapping

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Credit Line: U.S. Weather Bureau

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: PH.314545Accession Number: 204612Catalog Number: 314545

Object Name: barometer, aneroid

Measurements: overall: 3 1/2 in; 8.89 cmoverall in case: 3 in x 4 1/4 in x 6 in; 7.62 cm x 10.795 cm x 15.24 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-9d42-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1419936

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