Short & Mason 'Tycos' aneroid barometer · 1912
8-inch Short & Mason aneroid in an oak wall case. Movement calibrated, silvered dial gently retoned.
- SKU
- MS-SC-1005
- Era
- 1900-1950
- Condition
- Movement calibrated 2022, silvered dial retoned lightly, oak case sound
- Dimensions
- 8.5" diameter × 2.5" deep
- Weight
- 3 lbs 2 oz
- Provenance
- From a Kentish rectory sale, 2023
- Category
- Scientific Instruments
- Tags
- barometeraneroidshort-masontycoswall-mount
A Short & Mason 'Tycos' aneroid barometer, London, dated 1912 by the case-back stamp. The eight-inch silvered dial has been lightly retoned to lift a century of oxidation without touching the maker's script. The aneroid movement was disassembled, cleaned, and calibrated in 2022 against a National Physical Laboratory-traceable reference and now tracks pressure within a millibar across its full range.
Short & Mason supplied instruments to the Admiralty and to Scott's Terra Nova expedition; this is the domestic model, but built to the same standard. Set-hand adjusts from the bezel.
Mounted in a plain quarter-sawn oak wall case with a brass suspension ring, honest and unfussy.
Related finds
More from Scientific Instruments →
Paris-made clockwork drum recorder, temperature and humidity on paper charts. Runs, writes, satisfies.
London Fortin mercury barometer in mahogany cabinet. Mercury intact, reads within 0.5mb of modern reference.
London-made brass compound scope, serial 8842, on Watson's stiff-limb stand. Three original objectives, all clean.