A BAROGRAPH FROM CAPTAIN SCOTT'S BRITISH NATIONAL ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION, 1901-04
heavily constructed in brass with maker's plate to top signed and inscribed ANT : EX : 1901 / H.O. ↑ 14. / M.O.9. / SHORT & MASON / LONDON, hinged front-glazed top with leather handle to recorder drum with clockwork movement, eight-atmospheres acting on cup pen and inkwell, mounted on solid case brass feet. Overall measurements -- 7¼ x 10¼ x 5in. (18.5 x 26 x 12.5cm.)
Provenance: Acquired 2003 at a local rooms near Portsmouth from the estate of a collector of clocks, watches, instruments and mechanical items, and where the significance of the maker's plate (and provenance) had not been identified.
Founded in 1845, by the early 20th Century Short & Mason were leading suppliers of instruments for work in the field and supplied several barographs to both the Scott and Shackleton expeditions where they were used aboard ship and ashore and found to perform reliably at all times.

Condition Report
running order at time of writing, good overall condition.

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