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X.6 Wheel barometer
Maker:Santino Donegani
Place:Italian
Date:late 18th cent.
Materials:wood, glass
Dimensions:height 955 mm, width 270 mm
Current inventory:1140
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Wheel barometer mounted on a green-varnished wooden base with gilt tooling. The barometric scale is divided into Paris inches. Above the dial is inserted an alcohol thermometer with a Réaumur scale. Made by Santino Donegani, about whom we have no information.

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