Hygrograph

Description:

This instrument is marked "Hygrograph SOFNJ No. 2133 Julien P. Friez & Sons Baltimore Md. U.S.A." The firm began trading under this name in 1914; it became the Friez Instrument Division of Bendix in 1930.

Ref: Julien P. Friez & Sons, Hygrograph, or Self Registering Hygrometer (Baltimore, 1908).

Maker: Friez, Julien P.Julien P. Friez & Sons, Inc.

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Maryland, Baltimore

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

Exhibition:

Exhibition Location:

Credit Line: Rutgers University

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: PH.327634Accession Number: 268279Catalog Number: 327634

Object Name: hygrograph

Measurements: overall: 7 1/2 in x 12 in x 9 1/2 in; 19.05 cm x 30.48 cm x 24.13 cmoverall; hygrograph: 7 1/4 in x 12 in x 9 1/2 in; 18.415 cm x 30.48 cm x 24.13 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-1348-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1167535

Our collection database is a work in progress. We may update this record based on further research and review. Learn more about our approach to sharing our collection online.

If you would like to know how you can use content on this page, see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use. If you need to request an image for publication or other use, please visit Rights and Reproductions.