Aneroid Barometer

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Description:

The inscriptions on the face of this instrument read "COMPENSATED FOR TEMPERATURE” and “Taylor Instrument Companies / ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S.A. / E.D. No. 4380.” One scale around the circumference extends from -200 to +1800 meters; another extends from -1000 feet to +6000 feet; and a third extends from 24 to 31 inches of mercury. There is a brown leather case. The Taylor Instrument Companies began operating, as such, in 1904.

Date Made: 1904-1972

Maker: Taylor Instrument Co.

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: New York, Rochester

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

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Credit Line: University of Missouri-Columbia

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: PH.333642Catalog Number: 333642Accession Number: 300659

Object Name: barometer, aneroid

Measurements: overall: 3 1/2 in; 8.89 cmoverall in case: 1 3/4 in x 3 1/2 in x 4 in; 4.445 cm x 8.89 cm x 10.16 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-a142-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1420368

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