Stick barometer
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Stick barometer
This is an early marine barometer and dates from around 1800. As far back as 1668, when Robert Hooke presented his findings on the matter to the Royal Society, it was thought that the ability to measure air pressure at sea would be advantageous. The problem of the oscillation of the mercury caused by the motion of the ship, however, meant it was to be another century before such a measuring instrument was perfected.
- Image reference: F4181
- National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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