Portable barometer

Daniel Quare British

ca. 1695

Not on view

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Title: Portable barometer
Maker: Daniel Quare (British, 1647/49–1724)
Date: ca. 1695
Culture: British, London
Medium: Ivory, gilt bronze; mercury
Dimensions: Overall: 38 × 8 1/2 × 7 in. (96.5 × 21.6 × 17.8 cm)
Classification: Scientific Instruments-Barometers and Thermometers
Credit Line: Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964
Object Number: 64.101.878
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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