Tag: Aneroid Barometer

Testing Aneroid Barometers for Accuracy & Function
Vavasseur Antiques - Antique & Vintage Aneroid Barometers, Barographs & Other Scientific Instruments | August 23, 2019
Testing Aneroid Barometers for Accuracy & Function
Aneroid barometers that have not been properly serviced and calibrated may be prone to one or more of the many common faults that are found and the oft-cited Plastic Bag Text is fallible. Buying an instrument that has not been properly checked is therefore a lottery.
Negretti & Zambra Barograph & Thermograph Instructions
Barographs, Barometers in Action, Weather | October 1, 2018
Negretti & Zambra Barograph & Thermograph Instructions
An original Negretti & Zambra leaflet c1910 with directions for setting up self-recording barometers (barographs), thermometers (thermographs), etc
Harrison's Chronometer and the Determination of Longitude
History of Aneroid Barometers | October 29, 2017
Harrison’s Chronometer and the Determination of Longitude
The Science Museum recently posted a very interesting blog about the story behind John Harrison and his portrait at the Royal Observatory. In its own way, the invention of the aneroid barometer by Lucien Vidi and its determination of altitude…