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Good quality and unusual 19th Century oak cased Admiral Fitzroy’s Storm Barometer - No. 1610 - in original condition.
The twin porcelain barometer plates, bearing rack-and-pinion operated vernier and signed by the makers.
The inset mercury Fahrenheit thermometer plate also signed. The plates are protected by bevelled plate-glass.
The original concealed wide-bore barometer tube terminating within rectilinear cistern cover.
Negretti & Zambra were the foremost Meteorological Instrument makers of the latter 19th and early 20th Centuries, producing a large volume of precision instruments.
This type of barometer was produced, at Admiral Fitzroy's behest and at public expense, primarily for Life-boat Stations and fishing ports, and hence was assembled entirely using screws, rather than glue.
Circa 1880.
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