A SMALL SILVER CASED ANEROID POCKET BAROMETER WITH ALTIMETERJ.H. STEWARD, LONDON, LATE 19th CENTURYThe 1.125 inch circular silvered register calibrated in barometric inches divided into tenths and inscribed Compensated, J.H. Steward, 456 West Strand, LONDON, 2024 to centre within outer rotating altimeter scale calibrated for 0 to 8000 feet divided for every hundred feet set behind slightly convex glass, the case with engine-turned back, (suspension post lacking).3.2cm (1.25ins) diameter, 1.2cm (0.5ins) deep. Provenance: The archive collection of Barometer World Museum, Merton, Devon. James Henry Steward is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as a maker of all types of barometers who worked from several addresses in London including; 406 Strand (1857-1900 and beyond), 67 Strand (1867-8), 63 St. Pauls Churchyard (1867-80), Cornhill (1867-92), 66 Strand (1869-88), 456 Strand (1879-88), 474 West Strand (1886-1900 and beyond) and 7 Gracechurch Street (1893-1900 and beyond). He advertised as maker of the celebrated Lord Bury telescope and maker of the Fitzroy barometers, as in use at all railway termini and principal hotels in London.
A SMALL SILVER CASED ANEROID POCKET BAROMETER WITH ALTIMETERJ.H. STEWARD, LONDON, LATE 19th CENTURYThe 1.125 inch circular silvered register calibrated in barometric inches divided into tenths and inscribed Compensated, J.H. Steward, 456 West Strand, LONDON, 2024 to centre within outer rotating altimeter scale calibrated for 0 to 8000 feet divided for every hundred feet set behind slightly convex glass, the case with engine-turned back, (suspension post lacking).3.2cm (1.25ins) diameter, 1.2cm (0.5ins) deep. Provenance: The archive collection of Barometer World Museum, Merton, Devon. James Henry Steward is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as a maker of all types of barometers who worked from several addresses in London including; 406 Strand (1857-1900 and beyond), 67 Strand (1867-8), 63 St. Pauls Churchyard (1867-80), Cornhill (1867-92), 66 Strand (1869-88), 456 Strand (1879-88), 474 West Strand (1886-1900 and beyond) and 7 Gracechurch Street (1893-1900 and beyond). He advertised as maker of the celebrated Lord Bury telescope and maker of the Fitzroy barometers, as in use at all railway termini and principal hotels in London.
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