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Stereometric barometer
    • Setting:
      Room XV
    • Inventor:
      Marsilio Landriani
    • Maker:
      unknown
    • Date:
      late 18th cent.
    • Materials:
      brass, glass, ivory
    • Dimensions:
      height 980 mm
    • Inventory:
      1137
    • Stereometric barometer (Inv. 1137)

Stereometric barometer mounted on a shaped base with three leveling screws, similar to the device invented by Marsilio Landriani. The instrument basically consists of a barometric tube inserted in a brass container. The latter is fitted with a large glass tap and surmounted by an ivory cistern. A screw piston adjusts the mercury level. The barometric scale, in Paris inches, is engraved on a brass tube enclosing the glass barometric tube. The readings are taken by means of a rack vernier. The instrument can also be used as a normal barometer.