Hygrometer
William Tweedle
Category
Scientific instruments
Date
Unknown
Materials
Baize, Glass, Mahogany, Metal, Silk
Measurements
90 x 279 x 225 mm
Place of origin
Glasgow
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1338228
Summary
Set of six Hygrometers set in a mahogany box lined with green silk and green baize containing seven glass floating hygrometers, one loose, not part of the original set. Four by William Twaddell, Glasgow, one by Joseph Capper of Belfast, and one by Buss of Hatton Garden London. Each consists of a glass tube with a scale inside on rolled paper, then forming an empty bulb then a stopped bulb of mercury.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Makers and roles
William Tweedle