A Louis Philippe mahogany mercury stick barometer with twin thermometers
A Louis Philippe mahogany mercury stick barometer with twin thermometers, Mouroux, Bordeaux, circa 1840, the rectangular line inlaid plum-pudding figured architectural panel case in the Biedermeier style with slender cavetto cornice and cockbeaded collar over inset rectangular satin birch scale drawn in ink with finely divided barometric inches and annotations in French beneath signature Mouroux, a Bordeaux to upper margin, over exposed tube flanked by twin mercury tube Fahrenheit/Centigrade and Reaumur/Centigrade scale thermometers with visible bulb syphon and skirt base beneath, 108cm (42.5ins) high
Condition Report:
Instrument is in good complete working condition. The case has some slight wear/fading/discolouration commensurate with age, tube is currently plugged for transport.
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A Louis Philippe mahogany mercury stick barometer with twin thermometers, Mouroux, Bordeaux, circa 1840, the rectangular line inlaid plum-pudding figured architectural panel case in the Biedermeier style with slender cavetto cornice and cockbeaded collar over inset rectangular satin birch scale drawn in ink with finely divided barometric inches and annotations in French beneath signature Mouroux, a Bordeaux to upper margin, over exposed tube flanked by twin mercury tube Fahrenheit/Centigrade and Reaumur/Centigrade scale thermometers with visible bulb syphon and skirt base beneath, 108cm (42.5ins) high
Condition Report:
Instrument is in good complete working condition. The case has some slight wear/fading/discolouration commensurate with age, tube is currently plugged for transport.
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