WHILE a barometer of the Fortin pattern is generally regarded as a better laboratory instrument than one of the Kew pattern, many observers prefer the latter, owing to the difficulty found in setting ...

Nicolas Fortin, an instrument maker in Paris in the early nineteenth century, introduced a mercury barometer with a glass and leather cistern so designed that the barometer could be safely moved from ...

View A SKOG FORTIN STANDARD STICK BAROMETER AND ONE OTHER SMALLER BAROMETER 109CM (LONGEST By Middle Eastern School, 19th Century; 109CM; . Access more artwork lots and estimated & realized auction ...