Taylor Aneroid Barometer
Taylor Aneroid Barometer
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- Description
- This is a blackened steel instrument, 3 inches in diameter. The silvered face is marked “COMPENSATED FOR TEMPERATURE” and “Taylor Instrument Companies / ROCHESTER, N.Y., U.S.A. / E.D. No. 1567.” The altitude scale around the circumference of the face reads from -200 to +1800 meters, every 10 meters; and from -1000 to +6000 feet, every 20 feet. The pressure scale reads from 24 to 31 inches of mercury. The back of the instrument is stamped “1415.” There is a leather case with strap.
- The Taylor Instrument Companies began operating, as such, 1904. The “E.D.” in the inscription may refer to the U.S. Army Engineer District.
- This came to the Smithsonian in 1964.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- barometer, aneroid
- maker
- Taylor Instrument Co.
- Measurements
- overall in case: 2 in x 3 3/4 in x 4 1/4 in; 5.08 cm x 9.525 cm x 10.795 cm
- ID Number
- PH.325679
- accession number
- 257193
- catalog number
- 325679
- Credit Line
- Mrs. Llewellyn Edwards
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
- Measuring & Mapping
- Barometers
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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