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Victorian Met Office Aneroid Barometer by J Hicks
For sale, a Victorian cased Met Office aneroid barometer by J Hicks of Hatton Garden London.
Wonderfully preserved with its original lacquered brass case, this temperature compensated barometer has a four and a half inch silvered dial measuring 26 to 31 inches of barometric pressure. The centre is engraved to “J. Hicks, 8, 9 & 10 Hatton Gardens, London” with a broad arrow mark above the serial number 1179. The same marking is also present to the back of the case implying Meteorological Office use.
The leather covered wooden case with red velvet interior has seen some wear and tear over the years but remains serviceable and has certainly done its job in protecting its contents, a superbly Victorian Met Office barometer which looks very much like it would have done on its first issue.
Owing to the address of 8, 9 & 10 Hatton Gardens it can be confidently dated after 1885 when the Hicks’s business premises were expanded to incorporate numbers 9 & 10.
James Joseph Hicks was born in Cork, Ireland in 1837 to a poor farming family and was sent to London for schooling. He was apprenticed to the famous Louis P Casella where he remained until 1861. In that short time he had already risen to become Casella’s foreman, showing just how able the young Hicks was. He began to trade in his own right in around 1861-1862 at 8 Hatton Gardens, London and was respected enough by 1864 to have been granted membership to The British Meteorological Society.
Highly skilled in the development and the improvement of scientific instruments, Hick’s business was large enough by 1880 to have over 300 employees on the books. A shrewd marketer, he was present at eight Royal Society Exhibitions during the period, 1876 – 1913 and extended his reach overseas by attending numerous world trade fairs. He won a gold medal at the 1900 Paris exhibition.
In 1910 at the age of 73, he successfully negotiated a merger between his company and the equally famous WF Stanley and remained a director of the company that retained his name until his death in 1916.
During his life he established a near monopoly on clinical thermometers leading to Hick’s being dubbed, “King of the Clinicals”.
Circa 1890
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Tel : 07815 046645
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Wonderfully preserved with its original lacquered brass case, this temperature compensated barometer has a four and a half inch silvered dial measuring 26 to 31 inches of barometric pressure. The centre is engraved to “J. Hicks, 8, 9 & 10 Hatton Gardens, London” with a broad arrow mark above the serial number 1179. The same marking is also present to the back of the case implying Meteorological Office use.
The leather covered wooden case with red velvet interior has seen some wear and tear over the years but remains serviceable and has certainly done its job in protecting its contents, a superbly Victorian Met Office barometer which looks very much like it would have done on its first issue.
Owing to the address of 8, 9 & 10 Hatton Gardens it can be confidently dated after 1885 when the Hicks’s business premises were expanded to incorporate numbers 9 & 10.
James Joseph Hicks was born in Cork, Ireland in 1837 to a poor farming family and was sent to London for schooling. He was apprenticed to the famous Louis P Casella where he remained until 1861. In that short time he had already risen to become Casella’s foreman, showing just how able the young Hicks was. He began to trade in his own right in around 1861-1862 at 8 Hatton Gardens, London and was respected enough by 1864 to have been granted membership to The British Meteorological Society.
Highly skilled in the development and the improvement of scientific instruments, Hick’s business was large enough by 1880 to have over 300 employees on the books. A shrewd marketer, he was present at eight Royal Society Exhibitions during the period, 1876 – 1913 and extended his reach overseas by attending numerous world trade fairs. He won a gold medal at the 1900 Paris exhibition.
In 1910 at the age of 73, he successfully negotiated a merger between his company and the equally famous WF Stanley and remained a director of the company that retained his name until his death in 1916.
During his life he established a near monopoly on clinical thermometers leading to Hick’s being dubbed, “King of the Clinicals”.
Circa 1890
Price The price has been listed in British Pounds.
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Period Late Victorian Antiques
Material Brass
Origin English
Maker J Hicks
Item code as542a491
Status Sold
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Berkshire
Tel : 07815 046645
Non UK callers : +44 7815 046645
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