A RARE EARLY 20TH CENTURY BAROCYCLONOMETER BY H. HUGHES & SON, LONDON

the cyclonometer with 7½in. silvered dial with adjustable plate and indicators, hinged bevelled glass port, contained within oxidised brass bulkhead case; mounted on substantial shaped wooden board with matching barometer signed as per title and numbered 508/49 with curved bar thermometer and typhoon calibrated settings, the board with retailer's plate for Lilley & Reynolds Ltd, 9 Railway Place, Fenchurch Street, London EC3 -- 12 x 22in. (30.5 x 56cm.); together with two range finders and a compass pelorus in wooden cases of issue

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The 1930 Henry Hughes & Son catalogue lists the standard model of this instrument at £10 10 0 but this version (with a handsome wooden frame) at £15 0 0.