IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Invented in the 1660s by Robert Hooke ...
Regency wheel barometer made by John Russell The MT3 rocking chair The barometer is more famous as a metaphor than an object. The word rolls off the tongue nicely and makes the most obvious statement ...
The large circular face of this mercury barometer is silvered, and marked ‘LEONI’S IMPROVED” and “114 JOHN ST / New York / WARRANTED.” The scale around the circumference extends from 28 to 31 inches, ...