Double sided pocket aneroid barometer and altimeter with screw on compass to the back

G. Falconer & Co., Hong Kong and London1900

Hong Kong Maritime Museum
Hong Kong, Hong Kong

This was an affluent walking and sea-going travellers companion, enabling him or her to track changing barometric pressure for the weather and, using the barometer as an altimeter to measure the heights of mountains climbed as well as keeping direction and taking bearings with the compass

Details

Title: Double sided pocket aneroid barometer and altimeter with screw on compass to the back
Creator: G. Falconer & Co., Hong Kong and London
Date Created: 1900
Location Created: Hong Kong and London
Physical Dimensions: Height : 7.3 cm Width : 6.1 cm Depth : 4.5 cm
Original Language: English
Medium: Brass, glass and leather
object id: HKMM2008.0242.0001

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