Paper lantern with candle, supplied by the Meteorological Office, 1919. Used with balloon to monitor wind speed and direction. Paper lantern with candle Meteorology 1919
Oak wood box, containing Balloon filler, for British Meteorological Office radiosonde MkI, Met Ref No. 2819, DSIR asset No. 6005, with 8 weights, 1959-1965 Oak wood box Meteorology 1959
12 glass negatives taken by Lady Napier Shaw, of her husband Sir Napier Shaw, Director of the Meteorological Office 1905-1920. 12 glass negatives taken by Lady Napier Shaw Meteorology 1890-1910
Admiral Fitzroy's domestic barometer, unsigned, Britain, 1861-1870 Domestic FitzRoy's Barometer, 1861-1870. Meteorology 1861-1870
Paneth's apparatus, on bamboo frame. Very fragile. Meteorograph no.584, with thermos flask, other instruments, and reward label Paneth's apparatus Meteorology
Weight for Seismograph, marked no. 2, designed by Omori Fusakichi for the Earthquake Investigation Committee, Tokyo, Japan, 1898. It combines a horizontal pendulum mechanism with an auxiliary inverted pendulum, and employs a smoked-paper recording system. The instrument was constructed in Japan, and in 1910 displayed at the Japan-British Exhibition, White City, London. Afterwards it was transferred to Eskdalemuir Observatory, Dumfriesshire, Scotland and operated intermittently until 1925, when the observatory’s seismological programme, administered by the Meteorological Office, was transferred to Kew. Weight for Omori seismograph no.2, 1898 Geophysics 1898
Seismograph, marked no. 2, designed by Omori Fusakichi for the Earthquake Investigation Committee, Tokyo, Japan, 1898. It combines a horizontal pendulum mechanism with an auxiliary inverted pendulum, and employs a smoked-paper recording system. The instrument was constructed in Japan, and in 1910 displayed at the Japan-British Exhibition, White City, London. Afterwards it was transferred to Eskdalemuir Observatory, Dumfriesshire, Scotland and operated intermittently until 1925, when the observatory’s seismological programme, administered by the Meteorological Office, was transferred to Kew. Omori seismograph no.2, 1898 Geophysics 1898
Ordinary alcohol-in-glass centigrade thermometer with triangular stem, white back and flat-backed bulb, marked MO 626A/43, NPL44, dated 1943. Scale -45 to 80 degrees Ordinary alcohol-in-glass centigrade thermometer with triangular stem Meteorology 1943
Tall radiosonde, improbably described as a rocket sonde (insufficiently robust) Tall radiosonde Meteorology 1959
Technical Manuals for using & calibrating Mk III radiosondes, including Technical Manual (hardware) for Ground Station, Technical Manual (software) for Ground Station, Technical Manual (hardware) for enhanced Ground Station, Technical Manual (hardware) for calibration plant, and User Manual for Ground Station. The Calibration Plant was removed in 1995 Technical Manuals for using & calibrating Mk III radiosondes Meteorology 1977-1995
Rain detector MkI for M.O. Rate of Rainfall recorder, Met Ref 952, M.O. 16/51. 1951. Rain detector MkI for M.O. Rate of Rainfall recorder Meteorology 1951
Seismograph, marked no. 2, designed by Omori Fusakichi for the Earthquake Investigation Committee, Tokyo, Japan, 1898. It combines a horizontal pendulum mechanism with an auxiliary inverted pendulum, and employs a smoked-paper recording system. The instrument was constructed in Japan, and in 1910 displayed at the Japan-British Exhibition, White City, London. Afterwards it was transferred to Eskdalemuir Observatory, Dumfriesshire, Scotland and operated intermittently until 1925, when the observatory’s seismological programme, administered by the Meteorological Office, was transferred to Kew. Omori seismograph no.2, 1898 Geophysics 1898
Main part of inverted pendulum seismograph designed by Emil Wiechert, made by Spindler & Hoyer in Gottingen, Germany, and installed at Eskdalemuir Observatory, Dumfriesshire, Scotland in 1909. Wiechert inverted pendulum seismograph, c. 1909 Geophysics 1909
Daniell hygrometer, unsigned, circa 1860, presented to the Met. Office Museum by The Royal Meteorological Society in 1978, with case. Daniell hygrometer Meteorology 1860-1880, 1812 (design)
Unsigned Patterson barometer, with Kew pattern and Fortin features, presented to the Met Office in 1949, by the Canadian Department of Trade Meteorological Division. Marked M.S.C. Type C, 206 Unsigned Patterson barometer Meteorology
Portable standard barometer of the type used by the French Meteorological Service, 1874. Made by Tonnelot, rue Massillon, 3, Paris; presented to Met Office by Monsieur C. St.C Devile in Sept 1874 Portable standard barometer of the type used by the French Meteorological Service Meteorology 1870-1874
