Wednesday 20 July 2022
An early Victorian mahogany sympiesometer, by Troughton & Simms, London, mid-19th century
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Description
An early Victorian mahogany sympiesometer, by Troughton & Simms, London, mid-19th century, the glazed case enclosing a silvered plate with manually operated sliding barometer height scale and record dial, Fahrenheit mercury thermometer, signed Troughton & Simms London, 65cm high
Provenance: Christie's, London, 19 July 1978, lot 14; Sotheby's, London, July 1978, lot 7.
Note: Edward Troughton (1756-1835) and William Simms (1793-1860) established a scientific instrument making business in London in 1826. Troughton had previously had his own scientific instrument business, inherited from his father.
Troughton & Simms's shop in Fleet Street became the hub of the finest scientific instrument making in London, in a period in which there was an expanding demand for precision instruments, for astronomy, surveying and precision measurement. They made instruments for Greenwich Observatory, for Imperial surveys and exploring expeditions. When fire destroyed the Houses of Parliament in 1834, the firm was commissioned to create new standard lengths, necessitating 10 years of testing of the remaining measures.
Please note Roseberys do not guarantee the working condition of scientific instruments offered for sale.
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