Museo Galileo
italiano
Virtual Museum
Section of Room XIV
 Meteorology

Over the course of the 18th century the study of meteorology assumed growing importance. Instruments for measuring such atmospheric phenomena as pressure, temperature, humidity, and the force and direction of the wind were often installed in astronomical observatories.

Objects
Anemometer

Anemometer

Inv. 803
Maker unknown, first half 19th cent.

Anemoscope

Anemoscope

Inv. 848
Maker unknown, 18th cent.

Container for Landriani's "Chronohyometer"

Container for Landriani's "Chronohyometer"

Inv. 3926
Maker unknown, Italian, late 18th cent.

Hair hygrometer

Hair hygrometer

Inv. 3708
Maker unknown, Italian?, late 19th cent.

Maiocchi's tension hygrometer

Maiocchi's tension hygrometer

Inv. 1381
Maker unknown, ca. 1845

Portable barometer

Portable barometer

Inv. 1131
Galgano Gori, Florence, 1846

Psychrometer - wet and dry bulb thermometer

Psychrometer - wet and dry bulb thermometer

Inv. 3467
Maker unknown, second half 19th cent.

Saussure hair hygrometer

Saussure hair hygrometer

Inv. 2033
Jaques Paul [attr.], Geneva, late 18th cent.

Windrose

Windrose

Inv. 3728
Maker unknown, late 18th cent.