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X.25 Cistern barometer
Maker: unknown
Date:second half 19th cent.
Materials:wood, brass, glass
Dimensions:height 1010 mm, width 168 mm
Current inventory:1161
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Cistern barometer mounted on a wooden base. The mercury level is adjusted by means of a screw acting on the leather bottom of the cistern. The cistern is enclosed in a box placed at the base of the instrument. The barometric scale, fitted with a vernier, is divided into millimeters. There are three thermometers with centigrade scales: one is inserted into the cistern; a second, of the same shape, is partially immersed in the mercury at the top of the barometric tube; the third and largest is fixed to the wooden base.

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