Aneroid Barometer
c. 1851This Aneroid Barometer has a circular flat sided brass body. The dial is covered in glass and has an outer white porcelain band showing the pressure scale and in the central area the inner workings are visible. All writing on the dial is in French. This barometer has a Bourdon tube pressure gauge and was produced by Felix Richard under license. It won awards at the Paris Exposition of 1849 and the London Great Exhibition in 1851 which are both mentioned on the dial.
In 1844, the French engineer Lucien Vidie produced an 'aneroid' barometer that used springs to support an evacuated capsule, which measured air pressure. Because his invention didn't require any liquid, it was easier to carry, making it particularly useful to sailors and mountaineers.
Eugène Bourdon (1808–1884) was a French watchmaker and engineer and the inventor of the Bourdon tube pressure gauge for which he obtained a patent in 1849.
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BAROMETRE
METALLIQUE
MITAINE, FABRICANT PLACE VENDOME 2
EXPOSITION MEDAILLE D'OR 1849
E BOURDON
F RICHARD
BREVETE
PARIS
LONDRES EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE 1851
GRANDE
MEDAILLE
DE
1st CLASS
An Aneroid barometer is designed to measure atmospheric pressure and was specially designed for use at sea as it withstands vibration from the vessel without losing accuracy.
This barometer was brought from England in 1884 by the Clifton family.
Loir-et-Cher
France
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