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Welcome to our range of Barometers. To view the full range, click on the relevant heading below.
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- Aneroid Barometers
The aneroid barometer was invented by a Frenchman, Lucien Vidie, in 1843. He produced a metallic barometer which he called an aneroid, from the Greek, meaning “without liquid”. The principle of the aneroid barometer is the change in height of a seale.....
- Mercury Stick Barometers
The influence of the clockmaker is evident in stick or cistern barometers which bear a passing resemblance to a long-case clock. They also proved to be more portable than banjo barometers. Barometers for marine use were fitted with gimbals so that th.....
- Banjo Barometers
The deservedly popular and elegant banjo barometer can trace its development back to 1664 when Robert Hooke invented the wheel operating system. Its great advantage was the extended scale that allowed more accurate readings to be made. The designs of.....
- Kew Barometers
Kew-type station barometers to Met Office pattern.
In the Kew barometer atmospheric pressure acts directly on the surface of the mercury in the cistern, causing the mercury level in the column to rise or fall. Careful construction of the column and .....
- Fortin Barometers
In the Fortin barometer, the level of mercury in the glass at the bottom of the barometer cistern is adjusted to a scale zero, known as the fiducial point, each time a reading is to be taken. The level of mercury in the column is then read against th.....
- Precision Aneroid Barometers
These instruments are suitable for applications where accuracy inside 2 mbs is required. They are, of course, portable and can be transported without the need for hazardous packing.
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