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Torricellian cue barometer on oak wood table Germany 1870

$1,303.09
£964.04
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A$1,810.10
CHF 1,055.53
MX$22,005.55
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DKK 8,386.82

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Torricellian mercury stick barometer on oak wood table, complete with atmospheric pressure reading nonius, late 19th-century German manufacture. Measurements 13.5x4.5x 96 cm - inches 5.3x1.85x37.8 Buono stato perfettamente funzionante. Curiosity Since ancient times man, as a farmer and navigator, has observed and attempted to predict weather patterns. The scientific study of the changes occurring in the atmosphere began in the mid-17th century in connection with experiments tending to prove the existence of a vacuum, which ancient philosophers denied since "nature abhors a vacuum!" If you fill a long tube with water and place it upside down in a bucket with water, the column of liquid will descend until its weight is counterbalanced by air pressure on the surface of the water in the bucket: at some point in the upper, closed end of the tube there will be a vacuum. Evangelista Torricelli (1608-1647), mathematician and physicist, a disciple of Galileo, was the first in 1643 to build an instrument capable of detecting changes in air pressure. He described his experiment resulting from the discovery that changes in atmospheric pressure are related to changes in weather.
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 37.8 in (96.02 cm)Width: 5.3 in (13.47 cm)Depth: 1.85 in (4.7 cm)
  • Materials and Techniques:
    Wood
  • Period:
    1870-1879
  • Date of Manufacture:
    1870
  • Condition:
    Wear consistent with age and use.
  • Seller Location:
    Milan, IT
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1020246923652

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