Object Details
- Description
- Small aneroid barometer in a silvered case, 1¼ inches diameter, and ⅞ inches deep. The circumference of the face is marked “SEMMONS OCULIST OPTICIAN, 687 BROADWAY, NEW YORK” and “S. M. R. R. C. F. S. F. V. D.” The altitude scale reads from –1,000 to +12,000 feet, in increments of 100 feet. The pressure scale reads from 19 to 31 inches of mercury, in fifths of an inch. There is a leather case that also holds a mercury thermometer and a magnifying lens.
- Semmons began in business in New York in 1859, selling optical and other instruments imported from Europe. The U.S. Weather Bureau transferred this instrument to the Smithsonian in 1954.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- 1860s
- Credit Line
- U.S. Weather Bureau
- Measurements
- overall in case: 2 in x 3 in x 3 1/2 in; 5.08 cm x 7.62 cm x 8.89 cm
- Object Name
- pocket aneroid barometer
