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1619180715Code 643 Torricellian barometerTorricellian mercury barometer of black painted wood, English manufacture from the mid 19th century. Silver-plated brass dial engraved with meteorological indications and double hand, the first one directly connected to the barometric tube indicates the atmospheric pressure trend, the second one, operated by a marine ivory wheel placed under the large meteorological dial, acts as a reading vernier for verification of the variation in atmospheric pressure over time; barometer complete with alcohol thermometer. Height 97 cm - 38.18 inches, width 27 cm - 10.62 inches, depth / thickness 5 cm - 1.96 inches. Excellent condition, fully functional.
Man, as farmer or navigator, has always observed and tried to forecast the changes of weather. Scientific studies about these changes began in the middle ofXVII century, following experiments about the existence of empty, that antique philosophers denied because “nature hates empty!”.
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