Lot 44
A rare second quarter of the 19th century rosewood marine barometer with sympiesometer J.White & Co, Glasgow
15 December 2009, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £1,680 inc. premium
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J.White & Co, Glasgow
The moulded cornice over a deep trunk with applied nameplate and the sympiesometer with engraved brass scale, recording dial, mercury thermometer and alcohol tube over a turned brass cistern, the bone plates with twin scales and rack and pinion verniers for today and yesterday, with brass gimbal wall mount 93cms (3ft 1in) high.
The moulded cornice over a deep trunk with applied nameplate and the sympiesometer with engraved brass scale, recording dial, mercury thermometer and alcohol tube over a turned brass cistern, the bone plates with twin scales and rack and pinion verniers for today and yesterday, with brass gimbal wall mount 93cms (3ft 1in) high.