Lot 47
A rare second quarter of the 19th century rosewood marine barometer with integral Improved Sympiesometer Hill & Price, Bristol
15 December 2009, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £1,800 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA rare second quarter of the 19th century rosewood marine barometer with integral Improved Sympiesometer
Hill & Price, Bristol
The stepped cornice over a deep trunk containing the sympiesometer with engraved brass scale, recording dial, mercury thermometer and alcohol tube over a turned brass cistern, the signed bone dials with twin scales and rack and pinion verniers for today and yesterday, with brass gimballed wall mount 94cms (3ft 1in) high.
The stepped cornice over a deep trunk containing the sympiesometer with engraved brass scale, recording dial, mercury thermometer and alcohol tube over a turned brass cistern, the signed bone dials with twin scales and rack and pinion verniers for today and yesterday, with brass gimballed wall mount 94cms (3ft 1in) high.