This large wall barometer is 65cms high and 50cms wide
The case comes with a working lock and key and has a brass inlaid cartouche to the top on which the owner’s name
but this seemingly simple conundrum must have been too enticing to pass up
This rare and early example is comprised of a Bakelite rectangular base with input to the front for an additional discharge wand and the manufacturer transfer to the front stating “Physica”
A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments - Negretti & Zambra Seven Day Razor Set This large wall barometer isThis treatise on meteorological instruments was first published in 1864 by the partnership of Henry Negretti and Joseph Zambra, meteorological instrument makers to Queen Victoria, and describes the method of construction, scientific principles and practical uses of barometers, thermometers, hygrometers, rain gauges, anemometers, electrometers, ozonometers and other meteorological instruments. The instruments are fully described, with the help of