Marine barometer

Made:: 1857

maker:: Adie, Patrick

Marine barometer, No.171, by Patrick Adie, London, 1857.

Details

Category:: Meteorology

Object Number:: 1892-152

Materials:: brass, glass and mercury

Measurements:: overall length: 89 cm

type:: barometer

credit:: Meteorological Office

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Marine barometer, No. 171, by Patrick Adie, London, 1857.

Kew pattern marine barometer, 1857

Marine barometer, No. 171, by Patrick Adie, London, 1857.

Measurements:: overall: 900 mm x 78 mm x 50 mm, 2.35kg

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy) , glass , mercury , iron , steel (metal) and ivory

Object Number:: 1892-152 Pt1

type:: marine barometer

Glass tubing and bracket part from Marine barometer, No.171, by Adie & Son, 1857.

Glass tubing and bracket part from Marine barometer

Glass tubing and bracket part from Marine barometer, No.171, by Adie & Son, 1857.

Object Number:: 1892-152 Pt2

type:: barometer components

Glass tubing from Marine barometer

Glass tubing from Marine barometer

Glass tubing from Marine barometer, No.171, by Adie & Son, 1857.

Object Number:: 1892-152 Pt2/1

type:: glass tubing

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Part of:: 1892-152 Pt2

Bracket from Marine barometer

Bracket from Marine barometer

Bracket part from Marine barometer, No.171, by Adie & Son, 1857.

Object Number:: 1892-152 Pt2/2

type:: bracket

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Part of:: 1892-152 Pt2