Eight-hair Saussure hygrometer

Made:: 1789 in Paris

designer:: Horace Bénédict de Saussure

Eight-hair Saussure hygrometer, 1789, by Richer, Paris.

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Category:: Meteorology

Object Number:: 1876-794

Materials:: brass and hair

Measurements:: overall: 37 x 13 x 3 cm

type:: hygrometer

credit:: Meteorological Office

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Eight-hair Saussure hygrometer

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