barometer

object, machine, apparatus, tool, technical instrument

A measuring instrument for determining the pressure of the atmosphere.

Traveljournal 1825

Visit to a gasworks in London, 14 July 1825

Traveljournal 1825–1827

A Victorian ice machine, 5 December 1826

Traveljournal 1846

Fischer inspects the atmospheric railway, 22 October 1846

Fischer, Johann Conrad: Tagebücher. Bearbeitet von Karl Schib. Schaffhausen 1951.

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Cite as: barometer. In: Travel Reports of a Pioneer: Digital Edition of the Travel Journals of Johann Conrad Fischer 1794–1851. Published by Franziska Eggimann. Edited by Franziska Eggimann, Nicolau Lutz, Valerija Rukavina und Christopher Zoller-Blundell. Schlatt 2023, Version 1.2, https://johannconradfischer.com/en/keywords/gfa-keywords-8783, viewed on 7 June 2025.