"Mountain barometer" (a hypsometer)

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Mountain barometer' (a hypsometer), invented and made by F.J.H
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"Mountain barometer" (a hypsometer), invented and made by F.J.H. Wollaston, c. 1820

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Category:: Surveying

Object Number:: 1914-735

type:: hypsometer

credit:: Worswick, T.P.W.

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"Mountain barometer" (a hypsometer)

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