Aneroid, Barometers, Barometers in Action, History of Aneroid Barometers, Marine, Weather | March 4, 2024
The RNLI at 200
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Aneroid, Aviation, Barographs, Barometers, Barometers in Action, Conservation, Featured, History of Aneroid Barometers, Interior, Media Mentions, Pressure, Restoration, Vavasseur Antiques - Antique & Vintage Aneroid Barometers, Barographs & Other Scientific Instruments, Weather | September 28, 2023
Mark and Vavasseur Antiques Featured in Country Life!
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Aneroid, Barometers, Barometers in Action, History of Aneroid Barometers, How do I repair an aneroid barometer, Is my barometer working, Pressure, Surveying, Technology, Testing Barometers, Vavasseur Antiques - Antique & Vintage Aneroid Barometers, Barographs & Other Scientific Instruments, Weather | August 28, 2023
Hysteresis and the Watkin Hicks Mountain Barometer
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Aneroid, Barometers, Barometers in Action, Conservation, History of Aneroid Barometers, Pressure, Restoration, Surveying, Technology, Vavasseur Antiques - Antique & Vintage Aneroid Barometers, Barographs & Other Scientific Instruments | May 11, 2023
The Quest for Greater Resolution in Aneroid Barometers I
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Aneroid, Barographs, Barometers, Barometers in Action, Bourdon, Compasses, Conservation, How do I repair an aneroid barometer, Is my barometer working, Pressure, Restoration, Technology, Testing Barometers, Vavasseur Antiques - Antique & Vintage Aneroid Barometers, Barographs & Other Scientific Instruments | April 28, 2023
Conservation & Restoration Services
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Aneroid, Barometers, Barometers in Action, Conservation, History of Aneroid Barometers, How do I repair an aneroid barometer, Is my barometer working, Pressure, Restoration, Testing Barometers, Vavasseur Antiques - Antique & Vintage Aneroid Barometers, Barographs & Other Scientific Instruments, Weather | April 22, 2023
Antique Pocket Hypsometers II – Hicks Hypsometer
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Aneroid, Barographs, Barometers, Conservation, How do I repair an aneroid barometer, Is my barometer working, Pressure, Restoration, Technology, Testing Barometers, Vavasseur Antiques - Antique & Vintage Aneroid Barometers, Barographs & Other Scientific Instruments | April 21, 2023
New Test Control Unit in Laboratory
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Aneroid, Barographs, Barometers, Barometers in Action, Compasses, Conservation, History of Aneroid Barometers, How do I repair an aneroid barometer, Is my barometer working, Pressure, Restoration, Testing Barometers, Vavasseur Antiques - Antique & Vintage Aneroid Barometers, Barographs & Other Scientific Instruments, Weather | February 16, 2023
February Work in Progress
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Featured, Media Mentions, Technology | February 18, 2020
The Wonderful Conclusion to the Story of John Campbell’s Exceptional Model Steam Engine
We're delighted that the amazing Campbell model steam engine has been featured in the Antiques Trade Gazette special publication "Sixty Objects, Sixty Stories", a review of 2019 highlights from the magazine.
Barometers in Action, History of Aneroid Barometers, Technology | October 3, 2019
20th Century Technology – An Archive
We often talk and think about the Victorian era, and for many it stands alone as a brief period in world history when so much of what we know, use and take for granted in the 21st Century was invented…
Compasses | August 31, 2019
Compasses at Greenwich to Point to True North for the First Time in 360 Years
The Royal Observatory has announced that, at some point over the next two weeks, compasses at Greenwich will point true north for the first time in about 360 years. And for some parts of the UK, this may not happen for another 20 years. Either way, it is a once-in-a-lifetime event.
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.
Featured, Media Mentions, Vavasseur Antiques - Antique & Vintage Aneroid Barometers, Barographs & Other Scientific Instruments | January 8, 2019
Vavasseur Scientific Instruments Featured in “Homes & Antiques” Magazine
We’re thrilled that several of our antique scientific instruments have been showcased in the February 2019 edition of “Homes & Antiques” magazine as part of its “Look to the Stars” feature. Barothermograph c1925 Spencer Browning Sextant c1870…
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
Vavasseur Antiques - Antique & Vintage Aneroid Barometers, Barographs & Other Scientific Instruments | September 27, 2018
Collecting in the 21st Century
The decline in the antiques trade might be a wholly unnatural phenomenon. Is it about to rebound with a rise in the collection of technology?
Vavasseur Antiques - Antique & Vintage Aneroid Barometers, Barographs & Other Scientific Instruments | September 20, 2018
Antique Pocket Barometers on Screen
It’s been an interesting September for Vavasseur Antiques with two unusual enquiries for antique pocket barometers. The first was from a UK production company seeking an antique pocket barometer as a prop for the lead character in a forthcoming TV…
Barometers in Action, Weather | April 12, 2018
A Moment of Calm in This Hectic World…
Mark has recently enhanced his test equipment and is now able to film barometers under pressurised conditions. This short clip shows the unusual Casella pocket barometer, made for the Royal Geographical Society c1930, replicating the effect of descending from 25,000ft…
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…
Vavasseur Antiques - Antique & Vintage Aneroid Barometers, Barographs & Other Scientific Instruments | October 8, 2017
Vavasseur Antiques is now on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook!
Find Vavasseur Antiques on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook… We now have an official Vavasseur Antiques Twitter feed – @VavasseurAnt, an Instagram page – vavasseur_antiques, and a Facebook page – @vavasseurantiques, where we post up images and details of new and/or …
Weather | September 16, 2017
Weather Forecasting, the Negretti & Zambra Way!
A number of years before the BBC started to broadcast shipping forecasts and weather reports in November 1922, Negretti & Zambra patented the ‘weather forecaster’ to allow both professionals and the man in the street to forecast the weather with…
Weather | September 13, 2017
Storm Aileen, 12-13 September 2017
After a period of very settled weather, Storm Aileen heralded the start of Autumn as she passed over last night, peaking at 2.41am, if the extremely strong gust that blew open one of the closed bedroom windows was anything to…
Weather | September 10, 2017
Operation Weather Rescue: Ben Nevis
The BBC recently highlighted the project to digitise the metrological measurements taken at an observatory atop Ben Nevis between 1883 and 1904 so that the readings can be used by modern researchers. The article can be read here. Perfect for…
Weather | March 1, 2017
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