Aneroid Barometer
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- Date
- 1870 – 1910
- Material
- glass; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.30.0008
- Description
- Wall type aneroid barometer in a brass casing with three brackets for screw mounting, its range is 710 to 790 millimeters. It’s manufactured for the Phillipine Islands and all the surface information is in Spanish. The longer of the two brass needles under the glass is the pressure indicatior and …
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- Title
- Aneroid Barometer
- Date
- 1870 – 1910
- Material
- glass; metal
- Dimensions
- 5.8 x 19.1 cm
- Description
- Wall type aneroid barometer in a brass casing with three brackets for screw mounting, its range is 710 to 790 millimeters. It’s manufactured for the Phillipine Islands and all the surface information is in Spanish. The longer of the two brass needles under the glass is the pressure indicatior and the shorter of the needles is the setting which can be varied manually for purposes of comparison.
- Subject
- households
- industry
- weather
- Russell Robb
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.30.0008
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- Date
- 1875 – 1925
- Material
- metal; stone
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0178
- Description
- A signet ring with white, reversed "RR" on black surface. Plain gold band with 1.5 x 1.3 flat, rectangular seal at front. Seal of white and black banded agate. Reversed initials in Gothic script carved through upper black surface to white band beneath, showing as white on black. Interior of ring sm…
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- Title
- Signet Ring
- Date
- 1875 – 1925
- Material
- metal; stone
- Dimensions
- 1.6 x 2.3 x 2.5 cm
- Description
- A signet ring with white, reversed "RR" on black surface. Plain gold band with 1.5 x 1.3 flat, rectangular seal at front. Seal of white and black banded agate. Reversed initials in Gothic script carved through upper black surface to white band beneath, showing as white on black. Interior of ring smooth with heavy gold fitting for seal.
- Subject
- Whyte home
- households
- adornment
- Russell Robb
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0178
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