Barometer
Category
Scientific instruments
Date
Unknown
Materials
Brass, Glass, Mercury, Wood
Measurements
950 mm (Length); 30 mm (D)
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1338214
Summary
Mountaineer's barometer or altimeter. Mahogany stick with brass cover which rotates to reveal tube graduated from 19 inches to 31 inches. Early 19th century. previously displayed in Admiral.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.