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Blown glass barometer

barometer

INSTRUMENTS - BAROMETERS
Great Britain, Scotland
1820
glass
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