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Daniel Quare (1649?-1724)
Angled barometer & thermometer c.1695-1705
93.0 x 84.0 x 10.0 cm (whole object) | RCIN 1033
King's Private Drawing Room, Hampton Court Palace
Daniel Quare (1649?-1724)
Angled barometer & thermometer c.1695-1705
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An angled barometer with brass mounts. Two glazed dials at the vertical ends of a half fluted and half spiral twist column. The horizontal arm extending at right angles from the top contains the thermometer. The angled part of the barometer has inscriptons along the long dial:
Top: Rising Pressages Fair or Clear Aire (Changeable) - Often Ye Wind coming to some pt. North
Below: Falling Stormy or Moist Air - Commonly ye wind coming to some pt. so
Between the inscriptons is the thermometer with 29 and 30 depicted on the dial and a small window with the word 'FALLING'
Brass knobs at the ends.Provenance
Acquired by William III circa 1700. Daniel Quare made several clocks, watches and barometers for William III. He was a clockmaker and instrument maker who invented a repeating watch movement in 1680 and a portable barometer in 1695. He was a Quaker, born in Somerset c.1647, who became a Brother in the Clockmakers' Company in London in 1671 and Master of the Company in 1708. Quare was offered but declined the Royal Warrant as a practising Quaker he was unable to sign an oath of allegiance. Notwithstanding he was 'free of the back stairs' at royal residences.
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93.0 x 84.0 x 10.0 cm (whole object)
