LOT 63 TWO BRASS PRESENTATION ANEROID BAROMETERS
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TWO BRASS PRESENTATION ANEROID BAROMETERSBOTH UNSIGNED, DATED 1863 AND 1866The first with 2.5 ich printed paper scale calibrated in barometric inches, with 0 to 8,000 altimeter scale and inscribed MOUNTAIN BAROMETER over kite mark to centre, the cylindrical case with recording pointer to glass and engraved Presented to Mr John Bisset, THE 4TH B.A.V. CORPS, as a mark of their high appreciation, OF HIS SERVICES, AS SECRETARY AND TREASURER, To, the Corps since its formation, PORTSOY, 23rd NOV'R 1863 to the rear, the second a pocket barometer with 1.75 inch circular silvered register calibrated for barometric inches only and inset with apass, the brass case with recording pointer to the interior of the rotating bezel and engraved To J. D..., For progress in Navigation, H.M.S. Britannia, 1866 to rear, (2).The first 7cm (2.5ins) diameter, 3.5cm (1.375ins) deep; the second 5cm (2ins) diameter, 2cm (0.75ins) deep.Provenance: The archive collection of Barometer World Meum, Merton, Devon.The presentation inscription on the first barometer in the present lot related to The Banffshire Artillery Volunteers with the 4th Banffshire A.V.C. being stationed at Portsoy Battery from October 1860 presumably until reorganisation of the Vario Scottish Artillery Volunteer Corps in 1876.
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