Mercury barometer

Louis XIV

Maker Cleret

Inscriptionssur la plaque : C Leret \ A \ ROÜEN

Date 1720

Medium / Technique Wood; metal: brass, mercury; glass
Glassblowing, polished, glued, screwed, cut and engraved

DimensionsHeight: 101.8 cm (40 1/16 in.) Depth: 11.5 cm (4 1/2 in.) Width: 17.5 cm (6 7/8 in.)

ClassificationTools & Equipment for Science & Technology - Meteorological T&E

Origin Rouen, Haute-Normandie, France, Europe

Object Number1976.81

DivisionMaterial Culture - Objects of Science and Technology

CollectionStewart

CreditPurchase

Status

Not on view

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