000-190-001-048-C
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Barometer (detail)
This is a detail of a special barometer using coloured oil and hydrogen rather than mercury. It was also known as a sympiesometer and dates from around 1825. It was probably made by Alexander Adie, a scientific instrument maker based in Edinburgh.
The detail shows the base of sympiesometer. The silvered brass face is inscribed 'PATENT/ A. ADIE/Edinburgh/ No 579/Spencer Browning/ & Rust/ AGENTS/ London'.
Dealings between the firms of Adie of Edinburgh and Spencer, Browning & Rust of London at this date appear to have been mutual, with each acting as a specialist supplier of items to the other.
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| Online ID: |
000-190-001-048-C |
| Image Rights Holder: |
National Museums Scotland |
| Project: |
0098: National Museums Scotland
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| Ref: |
National Museums Scotland T.1967.99 |
| Date: |
Around 1825
c. 1825
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| Material: |
Glass fronted wooden case, silvered face, purple fluid in glass tube, mercury in glass thermometer. Inscription: PATENT / A. ADIE / EDINBURGH / No. 579 // Spencer Browning / & Rust / Agents / London //; Capt Robertson / Monarch // Capt A. Paterson's / Shi
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| Dimensions: |
24.50" H
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| What: |
Sympiesometer
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| Subject: |
10. METEOROLOGY (Departmental Classification)
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| Who: |
A. Adie, Edinburgh (Maker)
Captain A. Paterson (Inscribed on the Sympiesometer)
Robertson (Inscribed on the Sympiesometer)
Spencer, Browning & Rust (Inscribed on the Sympiesometer)
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| Where: |
China
Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh
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| Description: |
Sympiesometer for meteorology, patented in 1818, by Alexander Adie, Edinburgh, c. 1825
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| References: |
- Adie, Alexander 'Description of the Patent Sympiesometer or New Air Barometer'. Edinburgh Philosophical Journal 1. 1819 pp 54-60
- Middleton, W E Knowles. The History of the Barometer. Baltimore, 1964. pp 378-81
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