Accession No
2292
Brief Description
printed instructions for barometer use, by J. Grundy, English, 1789 (c)
Origin
England; Worcester; Goose Lane
Maker
Grundy, J.
Class
ephemera; meteorology
Earliest Date
1789
Latest Date
1789
Inscription Date
Material
paper (card and 1 other); wood; glass
Dimensions
height 319mm; breadth 269mm
Special Collection
Provenance
Purchased from Turner & Devereux, London, England, 26/2/1976.
Inscription
‘RULES for foretelling the
Alteration of the Weather, by the BAROMETER,
As laid down by Mr. RABALIO’ (beginnig of title)
‘Printed by J. GRUNDY, Goose-Lane Worcester.’ (bottom)
Description Notes
Printed instructions for barometer use, printed by J. Grundy, c. 1789.
Printed lettterpress broadsheet, Rabalio’s rules for using a barometer. Printed on one side only, with contemporary MSS docketing on reverse. Page length text, in 2 columns, of instructions for using a barometer. Mounted and framed. No longer framed (03/01/01)
Condition good (yellowed fold-mark horizontally across centre); complete
References
Events
Description
These instructions were prepared by the barometer maker Peter Rabalio of Birmingham in about 1789. Their purpose was to assist barometer owners to interpret the barometer reading and its tendency – whether the mercury was rising or falling — and thus to predict the likely changes in the weather.
26/03/2008
Created by: Dr. Anita McConnell on 26/03/2008
FM:40167
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