Manchester, England/manchester463Previous | Home | NextA closer look at the Dalton-Weather showcase. The two long poles (marked "1"; front) compose a disassembled "walking stick barometer" used in the 1820s to measure changes in air pressure. The item marked "4" (left, rear) was a thermometer Dalton kept outside his window in Manchester in the 1830s. Item "2" (right) were Dalton's atomic models (see next photo). |
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