Accession No

0893

Brief Description

Compendium with magnetic dial and thermometer; English; mid-19th century

Origin

England

Maker

Class

dials; meteorology

Earliest Date

1825

Latest Date

1875

Inscription Date

Material

ivory; metal (brass, mercury); paper; glass

Dimensions

height 156mm; base diameter 70mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Purchased by Robert Stewart Whipple in 06/1939.

Inscription

Description Notes

Turned ivory base supports tapered hexagonal pillar, on one face of which is a round-bulb mercury-in-glass thermometer. Scale divided [14˚F] - 110˚F, numbered by 10˚F, divided to 2˚. Also marked ‘F’, ‘T’, ‘SH’, and ‘BH’. Within turned finial at the apex of the column (screw fit) is set a magnetic dial under a glass dome. Engraved paper dial plate with hour scale divided IIII - XII, I - VIII, numbered by I, divided to 15 minutes. 8-point compass rose and 16 compass points marked.

Condition: good/fair; complete.

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