Aneroid barometer and compass

aneroid barometer and compass

INSTRUMENTS - COMBINATION INSTRUMENTS
Black, Starr & Frost
USA, NY, New York; FRANCE
June 01, 1911
glass; metal; leather; textile
5 x 6.875 x 4.875 in.

Combination compass and aneroid barometer; compass on top, barometer on one side; printed on face "STORMY RAIN CHANGE FAIR VERY DRY" and "ANEROID BAROMETER"; centigrade thermometer with mercury tube in semi-circle; clock on another side with key hole in face at 6 o'clock, printed under 12 o'clock "BLACK STARR & FROST/ NEW YORK" and under 6 o'clock "FRANCE"; fahrenheit thermometer on another side, mercury tube in semi-circle; on bottom engraved "A. C. J. [Arthur Curtiss James]/ FROM/ H. P. J./ JUNE 1, 1911" and by hand "1694.1X". From yacht ALOHA.

1965.34