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Pillar barometer
Elegant cistern barometer placed in an ebony column mounted on a tripod. The top of the barometric tube is housed in a decorated brass compartment with a glass front. Behind the glass are two silvered metal barometric scales, divided into English inches and bearing inscriptions in Spanish. Two recording [...]
Creator
- Daniel Quare
Publisher
- Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Subject
- Meteorology
- mechanical engineering
- meteorology
Type of item
- Barometer
- barometers
Creator
- Daniel Quare
Publisher
- Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Subject
- Meteorology
- mechanical engineering
- meteorology
Type of item
- Barometer
- barometers
Providing institution
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Rights
- © Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Creation date
- early 18th cent.
- 1720
- 1701
Places
- London
- London
- United Kingdom
Identifier
- urn:imss:instrument:410001
Extent
- height 985 mm
Language
- eng
- ita
Is part of
- Medici collections
References
- http://catalogue.museogalileo.it/biography/DanielQuare.html
Year
- 1701
- 1720
Providing country
- Italy