Oat-beard type Hygrometer, 1771-1830
- maker:
- Robert Hooke
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Oat-beard type hygrometer in fishskin case, unsigned, English, 1771-1830. Designed based on Robert Hooke's description of 1664.
Details
- Category:
- Meteorology
- Object Number:
- 1893-116
- Materials:
- leather, velvet, brass (copper, zinc alloy), glass, fishskin and steel (metal)
- Measurements:
-
overall: 19 mm x 45 mm x 55 mm, .03kg
- type:
- hygrometer
- credit:
- Basedon, H.
