Fitzroy's storm barometer, English, 1871-1880.

Image number: 10413056

Fitzroy's storm barometer, English, 1871-1880.

Admiral Robert Fitzroy (1805-1865) set up the organisation known as the Meteorological Office (Met Office), to warn ships going to sea of the approach of bad weather. He added a set of weather sayings to a simple mercury barometer to assist the would-be mariner to make his own forecast. This example by Negretti and Zambra includes a thermometer and wet and dry bulb thermometers for humidity measurement, making it suitable for inland rather than for maritime use.

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10413056
Credit:
Science Museum/Science & Society Picture Library
Date taken:
21 October 2003 12:33
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Science Museum
 

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