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What are the three main types of barometers?

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What are the three main types of barometers?
Three broad categories of barometers include cistern, angle or diagonal, and aneroid. The cistern barometer was created in the 1600s and provided a safe and portable option. An angle barometer is a modification of the original and includes a mercury cistern. The aneroid barometer didn’t rely on the expansion of liquid, rather the movement of mechanical parts. Shop a range of antique and vintage barometers on 1stDibs.
1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
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18th Century French Barometer in Giltwood Frame
Located in Buchanan, MI
18th century French barometer in giltwood frame.
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Antique 19th Century French Scientific Instruments

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Giltwood, Glass

Old French Barometer with Love Knot
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Old French barometer with love knot, suitable in your kitchen or study room or.....everywhere. It
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Early 20th Century French Arts and Crafts Scientific Instruments

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Wood

Louis XVI French Barometer From 1700s
Located in Lejre, DK
A Louis XVI French barometer adorned with intricate carvings and original gilding, dating back to
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Antique Early 1700s French French Provincial More Clocks

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Wood

Carved Wooden Antique French Barometer with Thermometer, Number 9432 1910s
By Black Forest
Located in Verviers, BE
Carved wooden antique French barometer with thermometer Unusual antique carved wooden barometer in
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Vintage 1910s French Art Nouveau Scientific Instruments

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Fruitwood

Antique French Barometer with Original Mercury Mechanism, 19th Century
Located in Belmont, MA
A very fine and palatial French 19th Louis XV style green painted with polychrome flower decor and
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Antique 1860s French Rococo Wall Clocks

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Bronze

19th Century French Giltwood Barometer
Located in Charleston, SC
19th Century French giltwood barometer with working thermometer. Well executed carvings of scrolls
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Antique 19th Century French Scientific Instruments

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Giltwood

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