Q-Where can we find information on and see antique barometers? Also, where can we find a source or craftsman who can restore such a piece? A-Charles and Jill Probst deal in fine antique mercury ...

ALBANY, N.Y. – Careful with that antique clock. It could pose a mercury hazard. The silvery, skittering, and toxic liquid can be found in some antiques. Mirrors can be backed with mercury and tin; ...

It hangs in the vestibule, next to the old navigation charts. The antique barometer is a decorative accent, in the era of 24-hour weather news. In recent years, though, it has become a lurking ...

This time of year, few of us need reminders of the frigid temperatures outside our doors. While some attempt to escape the weather, others embrace it by collecting vintage barometers, says independent ...

Hargreaves stole the £150,000, 3ft antique from Fairfax House, a Georgian town-house museum in York, leaving a yawning gap on the wall. It was not until the following day that staff realised it was ...

You might have read news articles claiming an EU ban on mercury means the end for the humble British barometer. But it turns out the story's a lot more complicated - as we found out when we met ...

Careful with that antique clock. It could pose a mercury hazard. The silvery, skittering, and toxic liquid can be found in some antiques. Mirrors can be backed with mercury and tin; Clock pendulums ...

Temperatures plunged across the UK in recent days, but if you measured the cold snap on an antique barometer you may have a red hot investment on your hands. The barometer was invented in 1643 by ...

'We’ve been making thermometers for 160 years’, notes Edward Allen of Russell Scientific Instruments. ‘We started off as glass-blowers and metal machinists, then, 40 years ago, my predecessors decided ...

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Undas 2022 will be remembered for the death and destruction caused by Severe Tropical Storm “Paeng.” Two years ago, I wrote about the famous barometer invented by Fr. Federico Faura (for whom the ...