Component detail

From object
Shelfmark: 19951-0000 Musée des arts et métiers-CNAM  (Paris France) Suggestions & Corrections  
Type: instrument
Dimension: H.: 2; W.: 5; L.: 18,5; Mass: 180 g.
 
Component's data
Thematic group: Instruments 
Type: barometer
Abstract: U-tube, sealed at one end and open at the other, on a brass mount, silver gilt in part, inscribed at top 'Cappy et Mossy'. The open end of the tube has been rounded in flame. The scale is marked on the mount and the tube is attached to the mount by means of three brass hooks screwed to the frame and thickened at the base. A label on the back has what looks like '36' or '36'.
 
Attributes
Person City Cronology   Position
name: -
name: Paris
date/range: 1952
date of: donation
epoch: 20 (2°)
name: - Cappy
resp.: maker
name: Paris
date/range: 1775
date of: construction
epoch: 18 (2°)
name: Antoine Laurent Lavoisier
resp.: owner
name: Paris
date/range: 1775
date of: construction
epoch: 18 (2°)
name: unknown Mossy
resp.: maker
name: Paris
date/range: 1775
date of: construction
epoch: 18 (2°)
 
Subject/s
Discipline Topic Argument

Meteorology Barometer -

 
Digital version:  1  Image/s
mckie_252

 

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