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Stick Barometer Mahogany Board Antique Weather Measuring Instrument J. Ramsden
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Stick barometer mounted on a mahogany board complete with vernier reading the variation of atmospheric pressure signed by Jesse Ramsden, end of the 18th century.
Very good condition, fully functional. Height 100 cm.
For safety during transport the barometer will be shipped emptied of mercury. The mercury will be placed in a sealed container in the package together with the barometer.
Jesse Ramsden (1735-1800) was a well-known manufacturer of meteorological instruments, famous not only in London, but around the world where many astronomical observatories were equipped with his instruments.
When it was discovered, that changes of atmospheric pressure are connected to changes of weather, barometers became very popular.
Evangelista Torricelli (1608-1647), mathematician and physicist, Galileo’s disciple, was the fist one in 1643 to make an instrument for measure changes of air pressure.
Man, as farmer or navigator, has always observed and tried to forecast the changes of weather. Scientific studies about these changes began in the middle ofXVII century, following experiments about the existence of empty, that antique philosophers denied because “nature hates empty!”.
- Creator:Jesse Ramsden (Maker)
- Dimensions:Height: 39.38 in (100 cm)Width: 4.34 in (11 cm)Depth: 1.58 in (4 cm)
- Materials and Techniques:
- Period:1780-1789
- Date of Manufacture:End of the 18th Century
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:Milan, IT
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1020224383112
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