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Admiral FitzRoy's Storm Barometer - close up showing weather prediction rhyme
Robert FitzRoycirca 1860
The Royal Society
London, United Kingdom
Also known as a fishery barometer. Close up to show the rhyme 'long foretold long last, short notice soon past' and 'first rise after low foretells stronger blow'
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- Title: Admiral FitzRoy's Storm Barometer - close up showing weather prediction rhyme
- Creator: Robert FitzRoy (1805-1865), Meteorological Office
- Date Created: circa 1860
- Provenance: Met Office, National Meteorological Archive
- Rights: @ Met Office
- External Link: Discover the collections of the National Meteorological Library and Archive
- Field: Weather, Forecasting, Meteorology, Barometer
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