Hygrometer

International names:

Hygrometer

Danish Instrument Inventory text:

Hygrometer. Brass. Semicircular scale 0-100 (S-H). Brass neck L360 extending from the middle of the scale with fitting for filament (missing). Zero adjustment. Oak case, shaped 470x165x30 with sliding lid.Hauch describes the instrument: Saussure hygrometer with 2 hairs. Matthiessen's inventory: Casbois gut hygrometer. Nicolas Casbois: "Sur un hygrométre a boyau de ver a soie", 1784. Not signedc1800 (g)

• Category: Air
• Hauch number: G124
• Inventory number: 6620
• Danish Instrument Inventory number: 1703

• Hauch references:
• Begynd.grund: §353
• Cabinet 1: 0

• Literature:

• Gehler(1825-45) V p.597