- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- wood; metal; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 104.30.0002
- Description
- A rectangular faced barometer on a shaped piece of solid wood. There is a silver frame around the glass face and a silver knob at centre securing two indicator arrows. The face is scaled from “26" to “31" in increments of ten with a “5” indicating the halfway point between each number. Appropri…
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- Title
- Barometer
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- wood; metal; glass
- Dimensions
- 17.0 x 4.0 x 23.0 cm
- Description
- A rectangular faced barometer on a shaped piece of solid wood. There is a silver frame around the glass face and a silver knob at centre securing two indicator arrows. The face is scaled from “26" to “31" in increments of ten with a “5” indicating the halfway point between each number. Appropriate points of the dial indicate “Changeable”, “Fair”, “Very Dry”, “Stormy” and “Rain”. There is an adjustment screw through the wood on the back with a keyhole bracket for hanging. The face of the barometer is marked “Compensated” and “Henry Birks & Sons Limited”.
- Subject
- households
- seasons
- weather
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.30.0002
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Mercury Barometer
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- Date
- 1875 – 1900
- Material
- wood; glass; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.30.0001
- Description
- A glass tube, filled with a clear liquid, secured by metal straps in a slit cut in a wooden frame. A vertical metal strip on the left side of the wood indicates the weather with “Stormy”, “Change” and “Fair”. There is a screw eye on top for hanging.
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- Title
- Mercury Barometer
- Date
- 1875 – 1900
- Material
- wood; glass; metal
- Dimensions
- 23.0 x 1.7 x 3.8 cm
- Description
- A glass tube, filled with a clear liquid, secured by metal straps in a slit cut in a wooden frame. A vertical metal strip on the left side of the wood indicates the weather with “Stormy”, “Change” and “Fair”. There is a screw eye on top for hanging.
- Subject
- households
- seasons
- weather
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.30.0001
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potentially offensive content.
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