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Mahogany board with cockbeading to edge and brass hanging ring to top.
Bears two porcelain thermometers, one inscribed with the word ‘Wet’, and to which is attached a rope ‘sock’ that leads to a water chamber beneath, and the other, ‘Dry’.
Inscribed with the leading scientific instrument makers name of Negretti and Zambra, London, the Hygrometer was used to measure humidity in the air.
The serial numbers beneath ‘Wet’ and ‘Dry’ indicate the year 1899 as registration of this design.
English, circa 1899
H. 17” (43cm) W. 7.25” (18.5cm)
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