barometer and thermometer
Date1852-1857
Inventory NumberDW0219
ClassificationBarometer
Subject
Maker
Adie & Son
1835 - 1880s
Cultural Region
Place of Origin
Dimensions56.6 x 8 x 3.4 cm (22 5/16 x 3 1/8 x 1 5/16 in.)
Material
DescriptionAn instrument that consists of a long wood case with two separate glass tubes mounted inside, one of which making a U-turn near the bottom. The first tube is a thermometer with an inverted scale going from -4 to 119°C with its bulb at the top. The second tube is a barometer that is filled with a red liquid and some mercury that makes a U-turn to end in a reservoir filled with a charcoal-like substance stoppered at its top with a cork and cloth. The barometer has an additional sliding scale for conversion to Fathoms.
Signedon front: Adie & Son / Edin'r
Inscribedon front: Patent / [...] / No 1465
FunctionA relatively portable set of thermometer and barometer. Its use is relatively straightforward as one simply takes the reading both for temperature and pressure at the levels reached by the liquids on both tubes.
ProvenanceDavid Wheatland purchased from Bihler & Coger, Ashley Falls, Massachusetts, at the Winter Antiques Show, New York, January 19, 1967.
Adie & Son
Date: circa 1850
Accessories: cylindrical split wood case with padding
Object number: DW0755
Johann Georg Greiner, Jr.
Date: circa 1850
Accessories: white wood case in leather cover; scale on rack & pinion, vernier, and two magnifiers; Reaumur thermometer
Object number: DW0758
Johann Georg Greiner, Jr.
Date: circa 1850
Accessories: case; loose padding for instrument in case
Object number: DW0759
Adie & Son
Date: circa 1850
Accessories: pine case.
Object number: DW0756
Taylor Instrument Companies
Date: 1910-1930
Object number: 1998-1-1410
Davis & Son
Date: 1843-1873
Accessories: small metal key
Object number: 1998-1-0606
Watkins & Hill
Date: 1840-1850
Object number: 1998-1-0748
John Frederick Newman
Date: circa 1850
Accessories: split wood carrying cylindrical case; small glass bottle of screws
Object number: DW0754
