Auction: Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - 2419Location: BoltonDate / Time: August 23, 2008 10:00AM
Description:
Rosewood Sympiesometer by Moon, London, with silvered brass scale with mounted thermometer calibrated in Fahrenheit, J-shaped barometer tube with sliding vernier, half moon recording scale marked Moon, 76 Minories & Limehouse and Improved Sympiesometer, glazed cover and molded rosewood frame, ht. 22 3/4 in.
Estimate $1,000-1,500
discoloration (tarnish) of silvered plate in the "J" portion of barometer tube.