ANTIQUE
BAROMETERS
& BAROGRAPHS for sale
An
English marine glazed mahogany cased barograph, signed
by WILSON, WARDEN & CO. LONDON.
With seven capsule vacuum chamber and brass mechanism.
The instrument has a 7-day clockwork drum, glass
ink bottle with brass dropper, two glazed panels and a hinged case with brass
carrying handle, hinges and catches. The hinged glazed case has a pen
drawer beneath and a marker button mechanism in the lid. It is 12 1/2 inches
long overall. It is complete and is in good working order. -
£450
A large
Victorian black lacquered brass FORTIN BAROMETER. Engraved on the silvered scale tube
“G.C.BATEMAN, READING, ALSO
AT PORTSMOUTH & SOUTHAMPTON” Serial No. 24275.
The silvered vernier scale calibrated in inches and millimetres of mercury, with
thermometer, mounted on the tube and mercury sump
with
set point. The whole thing is suspended on a mahogany backboard for wall
mounting - £495
A Victorian pocket barometer
by ASPREY, 166 New Bond St.
of London, mounted in an Art Nouveau style brass fretwork table stand. The stand
as well as the barometer is
signed, although the address on
the stand says 166 Bond St. The silver scale
reads 24 to 31 inches and gives a weather indication as "sunny, fair,
etc." The barometer is 2 inches diameter and the stand is 6 inches tall.
- £295
last updated 10/11/2011