Lot Essay
Philip Zimmerman worked for the Pacific Mail Steamship Co. for three and a half years, he was the chief engineer onboard the S.S. California for part of that time before retuning to Chicago.
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H.J. GREEN & CO., NEW YORK
Details
A 19th-century nickle-plated steel and brass American stick barometer
H.J. Green & Co., New York
A nickle plated brass tube supporting a mercury filled well, the barometer tube with the scales inscribed on a fitted plate fixed to the main tube. With an adjustable vernier and a thermometer affixed to the exterior of the tube in the middle
38½ in. (96.5 cm.) long
H.J. Green & Co., New York
A nickle plated brass tube supporting a mercury filled well, the barometer tube with the scales inscribed on a fitted plate fixed to the main tube. With an adjustable vernier and a thermometer affixed to the exterior of the tube in the middle
38½ in. (96.5 cm.) long
Provenance
Philip Zimmermann (1826-1901)
and thence by descent to the current owners
and thence by descent to the current owners