Mahogany Nineteenth century
Danish
stick barometer
A glass plate
protects the paper scales, and a manual pointer on a
wire slider sets the reading. Ripple moulding decorates the
pediment. The mercury system uses a bulb cistern. The scales
are Parisian inches, which are 1.066 of an English inch,
and divided into twelfths. No maker's name is shown, simply
the location KJÖBENHAVN, and the standard weather indications,
rendered in Danish:
Meget Tørt -- Very Dry;
Bestandigt -- Constant, Settled;
Smukt Vejr -- Fine Weather
Foranderligt -- Changeable;
Regn el. Blæst -- Rain or Wind;
Stærk Regn -- Heavy Rain,
Storm -- Stormy
Circa 1860-1880
$650.00
No. 1441