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Banfield (E.): Antique Barometers: An Illustrated Survey

Banfield (E.): Antique Barometers: An Illustrated Survey
NEW. 149 pages, illustrated, 2nd edition, 2008. An enlarged edition which is a comprehensive introduction to the English domestic barometer. Card covers. (Ref: N19)

Price: £9.95
Banfield (E.): Barometer Makers and Retailers 1660 - 1900

Banfield (E.): Barometer Makers and Retailers 1660 - 1900
NEW. 246 pages, a few illustrations, 2000. A very useful listing of barometer makers and reailers. Also useful for dating Victorian clocks and scientific instruments sold by the same retailers after 1850. Soft covers. (Ref: N20)

Price: £9.95
Banfield (E.): Barometers - Aneroid and Barographs

Banfield (E.): Barometers - Aneroid and Barographs
NEW. 151 pages, 130 illus., reprinted 1996. The history of domestic, marine and mountain barometers, barographs, storm glasses, and weather houses. With dust jacket. (Ref: N21)

Price: £11.95
Banfield (E.): Barometers - Stick or Cistern Tube

Banfield (E.): Barometers - Stick or Cistern Tube
NEW. 246 pages, 296 illus. First published 1985, reprinted 1996. The history and development of the stick barometer including domestic marine, station, Fitzroy and angle barometers. With dust jacket.

* This book is now out of print, this is my last copy * (Ref: N22)

Price: £14.95
Banfield (E.): Barometers - Wheel or Banjo

Banfield (E.): Barometers - Wheel or Banjo
NEW. 150 pages, 165 illustrations, 1985 reprinted 1999. The history and development of wheel barometers from 1663 to about 1900. With dust jacket. (Ref: N23)

Price: £11.95

Banfield (E.): Barometers - Wheel or Banjo
S/H. 150 pages, 165 illustrations, 1985. The history & development of wheel barometers from 1663 to about 1900. Good copy with good dust jacket. (Ref: K881 - P2)

Price: £8.00

Banfield (E.): The Banfield Family Collection of Barometers

Banfield (E.): The Banfield Family Collection of Barometers
NEW. 9 pages of text, 313 photographs, 14 pages of descriptions. A well illustrated survey of a large collection of barometers and barographs of all types. Each item is described and an estimate of date given. Card covers. (Ref: N426)

Price: £6.95
Banfield (E.): The Italian Influence on English Barometers from 1780

Banfield (E.): The Italian Influence on English Barometers from 1780
NEW. 160 pages, 193 illustrations, 1993. A detailed investigation on the origins and background of the early Italian migrant barometer makers, with chapters on important makers including Negretti & Zambra. Soft covers. (Ref: N427)

Price: £7.95
Bell (G.H.) & Bell (E.F.):  Old English Barometers

Bell (G.H.) & Bell (E.F.): Old English Barometers
O/P. 42 pages, 40 plates, 1st and only edition, signed by authors, 1952. The first good book on barometers, still respected and now hard to find. A very good copy with good dust jacket. (Ref: K734 - E1)

Price: £50.00

Belville (J.H.): Mid-Nineteenth Century Barometers: Being a Reprint of Manual of the Mercurial and Aneroid Barometers (1858) to which is appended The Aneroid Barometer, How to Buy it and Use it. (1849)
O/P. 54 pages, 2 figs.; 32 pages, 12 figs., 1975. An interesting book for barometer and weather enthusiasts. Very good copy, card covers. (Ref: K3424 - P1)

Price: £10.00

Bolle (B.): Barometers
O/P. 255 pages, 290 figs., first English edition, 1982. A good general guide to mercury and aneroid barometers, barographs and sympiesometers. A very good copy with very good dust jacket. (Ref: KW1097 - C2)

Price: £14.00

Clarke (T.N.), Morrison-Low (A.D.) & Simpson (A.D.C.): Brass & Glass, Scientific Instrument Making Workshops in Scotland
O/P. 320 pages, illustrated, 1989. An excellent book, the result of many years of detailed research and of great use to clock enthusiasts for its chapters on the chronometer makers Alexander Dobbie, Duncan McGregor, Kelvin White, and Whyte Thomson & Co. Barometer collectors will want this book for its information about Alexander Adie and his successors including English branches of the business. Sundial enthusiasts are not forgotten, there is a chapter on Richard Melville and his slate sundials. The book's illustrations are of instruments in the Museum's Arthur Frank Collection, and this copy of the book has a presentation inscription signed by Arthur Frank on the title page. Recommended reading. A very good copy. Soft covers. (Ref: K2093 - N2)

Price: £70.00

Collins (P.R.): Aneroid Barometers and Their Restoration

Collins (P.R.): Aneroid Barometers and Their Restoration
NEW. 212 pages, illus., 1998. A very comprehensive book on pocket and wall mounted aneroid barometers from their beginnings in 1844 to the late 20th century. The book includes information on the Bourdon and Vidi designs as well as altimeter and surveying variants. With dust jacket. (Ref: N79)

Price: £18.95
Collins (P.R.): Barographs

Collins (P.R.): Barographs
NEW. 174 pages, illustrated, second edition, 2021. The author traces the development of the barograph from the earliest recording devices through their heyday in the Victorian period to the instrument we know today. This well researched book will help readers to understand and appreciate the wide range of barographs still available and assist in dating them. This new edition is 28 pages longer than the long out of print first edition and has a lot more information about maintenance and repair as well as bellows, nibs, charts and ink. Paperback. (Ref: N5082)

Price: £12.95
Collins (P.R.): Bizarre Barometers and Other Unusual Weather Forecasters

Collins (P.R.): Bizarre Barometers and Other Unusual Weather Forecasters
NEW. 103 pages, illustrated, 2004. A fascinating collection of strange weather instruments including the weather glass, the shark oil barometer, the weather house, the Tempest Prognosticator, the use of frogs, and many, many more!! Card covers. (Ref: N429)

Price: £7.95
Collins (P.R.): Care and Restoration of Barometers

Collins (P.R.): Care and Restoration of Barometers
NEW. 152 pages, 175 illustrations, 2nd edition, 2016. A much enlarged, and very useful book on the repair and restoration of barometers (stick and wheel) from dismantling, refurbishing the case and refilling of the tube with mercury. The book also gives advice on aneroid barometers, barographs and the general handling and maintenance of barometers. Written by an experienced restorer. Soft covers. (Ref: N4157)

Price: £9.95
Collins (P.R.): FitzRoy and his Barometers

Collins (P.R.): FitzRoy and his Barometers
NEW. 144 pages, illustrated, 2007. An interesting book about Robert FitzRoy, Captain of HMS Beagle during the famous voyage with Charles Darwin, and in later life a passionate advocate of the use of the barometer to reduce fatalities at sea. The book concentrates on FitzRoy's contribution to meteorology and the barometer which bears his name. Card covers. (Ref: N1497)

Price: £9.95

Cotthem (T.H. van): 200 Jaar Antieke Barometers 1670 - 1870
O/P. 179 pages, illustrated, 1977. A good book on Dutch and English barometers with a list of makers. Very good copy with good dust jacket. [Dutch language] (Ref: K4780 - Q1)

Price: £15.00

Fitzroy (Rear-Admiral): (Rear-Admiral): Barometer Manual
O/P. 31 pages, facsimile reprint, 2000. A reprint of the 3rd edition of Rear-Admiral Fitzroy's book for seafarers and fishermen, originally published in 1860. A very good copy, card covers. (Ref: K4282 - BX5)

Price: £9.00

Goodison (N.): English Barometers 1680 - 1860
O/P. 388 pages, 194 plates, 2nd edition, reprinted 1985. An excellent history of domestic barometers with a listing of their makers; this is the best book on the subject. A fine copy with very good dust jacket. (Ref: K757 - G3)

Price: £55.00


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