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English wall barometer with a square shape made of oak from the 1940s

$841.79
£612.73
€700
CA$1,145.76
A$1,281.61
CHF 666.96
MX$15,777.03
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SEK 7,960.67
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Square-shaped English aneroid wall barometer made of oak wood from the 1940s. Good working condition. Measures cm19x5x19 - inches 7.5x1.9x7.5. The last photo is the gift box. This is an ancient measuring instrument whose pressure-sensitive organ is a metal box called a barometric capsule. The capsule contracts or expands as a result of pressure changes, and its movements are transmitted to an indicating pointer by a mechanical system. The development of this type of barometer was due to Bourdon, a French inventor and industrialist (Paris 1808-1884), who had founded a factory in Paris in 1835 to build steam engines; in 1849 he invented the metal manometer, to which he linked his name, and in 1853 a type of aneroid barometer. Since ancient times man, as a farmer and navigator, has observed and attempted to predict weather patterns. The scientific study of the changes occurring in the atmosphere began in the mid-17th century, in connection with experiments tending to prove the existence of a vacuum, which ancient philosophers denied because "nature abhors a vacuum!".Evangelista Torricelli (1608-1647), mathematician and physicist, a disciple of Galileo, was the first in 1643 to build an instrument capable of detecting changes in air pressure, which he understood to be related to changes in atmospheric weather.
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 7.5 in (19.05 cm)Width: 7.5 in (19.05 cm)Depth: 1.9 in (4.83 cm)
  • Materials and Techniques:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    1940
  • Condition:
    Wear consistent with age and use.
  • Seller Location:
    Milan, IT
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1020243545952

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