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Aneroid barometer
Aneroid barometer, dial signed Aird & Thomson/ Paris.
Presentation piece, combined clock and barometer with thermometer.
Gilded brass. Velvet lined stand.
Inscription:"Presented to Captain F. J. McLachlan by A. McMillan & Son, Shipbuilders, Dumbarton, to commemorate the First Passage of ship "Coriolanus" from Liverpool to Calcutta in 71 Days Being Fastest on Record. Also as a souvenir of the award to Model of "Coriolanus" of Gold Medal & First Prize at the Competitive Exhibition of the Shipwright's Company on London 1877"
Presentation piece, combined clock and barometer with thermometer.
Gilded brass. Velvet lined stand.
Inscription:"Presented to Captain F. J. McLachlan by A. McMillan & Son, Shipbuilders, Dumbarton, to commemorate the First Passage of ship "Coriolanus" from Liverpool to Calcutta in 71 Days Being Fastest on Record. Also as a souvenir of the award to Model of "Coriolanus" of Gold Medal & First Prize at the Competitive Exhibition of the Shipwright's Company on London 1877"
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Object Details
| ID: | NAV0761 |
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| Type: | Aneroid barometer |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Aird & Thomson |
| Events: | Maiden voyage of the Coriolanus, 1877 |
| Vessels: | Coriolanus fl.1877 |
| Date made: | 1877 |
| People: | Archibald McMillan and Son Ltd; McLachlan, F. J. |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 165 mm x 155 mm x 70 mm |