Aneroid Barograph
Aneroid Barograph
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- Description
- The U.S. Weather Bureau transferred this aneroid barograph to the Smithsonian in 1955. The “M. HIPP / NEUCHATEL / SUISSE / 7243” inscription is that of Matthaus Hipp (1813-1893), a German clockmaker who moved to Switzerland in 1853.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Aneroid Barograph
- aneroid barograph
- Associated Name
- Hipp, Matthäus
- maker
- Hipp, Matthäus
- place made
- Switzerland: Neuchâtel, Neuchatel
- Measurements
- overall: 8 1/4 in x 11 5/8 in x 7 1/4 in; 20.955 cm x 29.5275 cm x 18.415 cm
- ID Number
- PH.314544
- catalog number
- 314544
- accession number
- 204612
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- Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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