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X.29 Pocket aneroid barometer
Maker:Giustino Paggi
Place:Florence
Date:ca. 1880
Materials:brass, glass
Dimensions:diameter 47 mm
Current inventory:3659
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Aneroid barometer housed in a metal box similar to those of pocket watches. The instrument has two barometric scales; one of them rotates and enables the instrument to be used as an altimeter. The first effective aneroid barometers of this type were made by Lucien Vidie. This model is by Giustino Paggi.

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