A fine George III mahogany bayonet-tube mercury stick barometer with hygrometer and Fahrenheit scale thermometer Samuel Toulmin, London, circa 1775 The caddy moulded case with open triangular pediment above hygrometer with independent adjustment for the hygrometer beard pointer via a brass turn-screw set beneath, over inset silvered vernier scale with curved lower angles and calibrated in barometric inches to the right hand margin opposing weather observations to the left, the upper margin signed Toulmin Strand London, the trunk inset with silvered brass break-arch Fahrenheit scale mercury tube thermometer with domed brass protective cover to the bulb and decorative engraved border, the rounded base with circular moulded cistern cover and brass level adjustment screw to underside, 109cm (43ins) high. Samuel Toulmin is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as working from Strand, London 1757-83. Please note the images in the printed catalogued have been trasnposed for these two lots. Online images correct Condition report disclaimer
A fine George III mahogany bayonet-tube mercury stick barometer with hygrometer and Fahrenheit scale thermometer Samuel Toulmin, London, circa 1775 The caddy moulded case with open triangular pediment above hygrometer with independent adjustment for the hygrometer beard pointer via a brass turn-screw set beneath, over inset silvered vernier scale with curved lower angles and calibrated in barometric inches to the right hand margin opposing weather observations to the left, the upper margin signed Toulmin Strand London, the trunk inset with silvered brass break-arch Fahrenheit scale mercury tube thermometer with domed brass protective cover to the bulb and decorative engraved border, the rounded base with circular moulded cistern cover and brass level adjustment screw to underside, 109cm (43ins) high. Samuel Toulmin is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as working from Strand, London 1757-83. Please note the images in the printed catalogued have been trasnposed for these two lots. Online images correct Condition report disclaimer
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