Aneroid Barometer
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 inscription on the cap reads “Hottinger & Co. Zürich / No. 1132.”
- Ref.: "The Goldschmid Aneroid," Van Nostrand's Engineering Magazine 25 (1881): 300-303.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- barometer, aneroid
- date made
- 1870-1883
- maker
- Hottinger & Cie.
- place made
- Switzerland: Zürich, Zurich
- Measurements
- overall: 1 1/2 in; 3.81 cm
- overall in case: 0 in x 2 in x 3 5/16 in; 0 cm x 5.08 cm x 8.41375 cm
- ID Number
- PH.314549
- accession number
- 204612
- catalog number
- 314549
- Credit Line
- U.S. Weather Bureau
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
- Measuring & Mapping
- Barometers
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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