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Description: | Storm glass barometer, this storm glass barometer was made in Greenwich by Hudson & Son.
Storm glass or weather glass or camphor glass.
Bracket 14.5" x 3.5" (36.8 cm x 8.9 cm)
Glass tube, brass fittings. Varnished oak bracket with hook and spring clip to take the glass.
Yellowish solution of crystals in an air tight glass phial. Low pressure gives a cloudy mixture, high pressure - crystals lie at the bottom.
Tube contains solution of crystals; clear at high pressure, cloudy at low. QUERY THAT THIS CONTAINS MERCURY. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | storm glasses barometers | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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