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X.24 Cistern barometer
Maker:Antonio Matteucci
Place:Siena
Date:ca. 1850
Materials:wood, brass, glass
Dimensions:height 1002 mm, width 143 mm
Current inventory:1148
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Cistern barometer mounted on a wooden base. The top is decorated with a wooden tympanum and a brass sphere. The mercury level is adjusted by means of a screw acting on the leather bottom of the cistern. The barometric scale, divided into Paris inches, is drawn on paper with floral decorations. Made by Antonio Matteucci, about whom we have no information.

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