Mid Victorian Aneroid Barometer by M Pillischer of Bond Street, London Antique Steam Engine Model for sale These iconic instruments were initially

These iconic instruments were initially supplied through the Meteorological Office and paid for by HM Government but Negretti & Zambra were certainly advertising the early porcelain scaled version to the general public by 1864 as they are recorded in the company’s

We can only surmise at this stage

going on to produce his “Barlow’s plate” an instrument which corrected magnetic deviation aboard ships and conducted experiments with him on a new fluid refracting telescope

the company as sold at auction to London Hotelier Joseph Benskin and Draper

the cyclometer contained within the lid will provide guidance for avoiding the most destructive forces of the storm

Mid Victorian Aneroid Barometer by M Pillischer of Bond Street, London Antique Steam Engine Model for sale These iconic instruments were initiallyFor sale, a mid Victorian aneroid barometer by M Pillischer of London. Comprised of a four and a quarter inch silvered dial with the top half divided for 28 to 31 inches of barometric pressure and with Vidi type weather indications on the inner side of the dial. Pressure is related by means of a very fine blue steel pointer and a similarly fine brass set hand operated at the centre of the dial. The lower half of the dial has a curved Fahrenheit