Items tagged meteorological apparatus instruments in MV Collections
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Thermograph - T. Gaunt & Co., Melbourne, Victoria, pre 1910
Recording thermometer in a glass case, made by T. Gaunt & Co, Melbourne. Graph indicates temperature changes over one week. Used at Melbourne Observatory.
From: Melbourne, Australia Images: 1 -
Sunshine Recorder - Melbourne Observatory, 1880
Campbell-Stokes recorder of duration of bright sunshine. Purchased from Kew Observatory, England and installed at Melbourne Observatory in 1880.
From: Kew, United Kingdom Images: 2 -
Rain Gauge - T. Gaunt, London & Melbourne, circa 1890s
Dial pattern rain gauge, made by Thomas Gaunt, Melbourne & London. Zinc funnel with square brass rim. Used at Melbourne Observatory. Used to measure the amount of rainfall.
From: Melbourne, Australia Images: 1 -
Hygroscope - Metallic-Spiral, Mithoff, Germany, circa 1890s
Metallic-spiral hygroscope, by Mithoff, Germany. Used at Melbourne Observatory. A hygroscope measures the amount of moisture in the atmosphere
From: South Yarra, Australia Images: 1 -
Hygrodeik - Lloyd's, Taylor Bros, Rochester, New York, for T. Gaunt & Co, Melbourne, circa ...
Lloyd's Hygrodeik, manufactured by Taylor Brothers, Rochester, New York, and distributed by T. Gaunt & Co, Melbourne. A hygrodeik measures relative humidity, with wet and dry thermome ...
From: Rochester, United States Images: 1 -
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Barometer - Standard, Newman
Newman standard barometer, used at Melbourne Observatory. Tube diameter 0.380 inches. Range 27 to 31 inches, reading to 0.0002 inches. Thermometer 10 to 120 deg. F. mounted on a polis ...
From: South Yarra, Australia Images: 0 -
Hygrometer - Daniell Type
Daniell hygrometer, used at Melbourne Observatory. Consists of 2 thermometers, one immersed in a volatile liquid which by evaporation, lowers temperature to dewpoint. The other thermo ...
From: South Yarra, Australia Images: 1 -
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Barometer - Standard, Hicks
Fortin standard barometer, used at Melbourne Observatory. Range 22 to 20 inches. Thermometer tube graduated from 30 to 110 deg. F. Vernier has 25 divisions equal to 24 divisions on th ...
From: South Yarra, Australia Images: 0 -
Hygrometer - J. Grimoldi, Melbourne
Wet & dry bulb hygrometer. Range 20-150 deg. F, made or distributed by J. Grimoldi, Melbourne. Used at Melbourne Observatory. A hygrometer measures the amount of humidity in the atmosp ...
From: Melbourne, Australia Images: 1 -
Barograph - Richard Freres, Paris, circa 1890
Barograph or recording barometer, made by Richard Freres, Paris, serial no. 10212, circa 1890. Used at Melbourne Observatory. An aneroid barometer records variations in atmospheric pr ...
From: Paris, France Images: 2
