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Blown glass barometer
barometer
INSTRUMENTS - BAROMETERSGreat Britain, Scotland
1820
glass
overall: 9 1/2 x 4 1/4 in.
Hand-blown glass water barometer, or "weather glass", used by fishermen in northeast Scotland in 1820. Four cooling strips on main portion, one on spout.
1955.1133