Rare Early Victorian Stick Barometer Weather Station by S&B Solomons of London Antique Steam engine chamfered and carved stem and

chamfered and carved stem and a carved domed top supported by scroll pediments either side

The base of the scale is engraved with the words

and gives advice for anyone wishing to acquire a 'FitzRoy' barometer

They were also appointed to supply The Admiralty and numerous marine surveying commissions ensued but it is also likely that the pressures of doing business with such large organisations gave birth to issues of cash flow concluding in 1828 with the firm’s bankruptcy

It seems fairly certain that the younger was trading under his own name by the 1750’s and he maintained a number of apprentices including his sons John (III) in 1764 and his second son William in 1769 although the latter was soon turned over to Peter Dollond

Rare Early Victorian Stick Barometer Weather Station by S&B Solomons of London Antique Steam engine chamfered and carved stem andFor sale a very rare early Victorian stick barometer weather station by S&B Solomons of London. Presented on a large seven and a half inch wide mahogany backboard with domed top and chamfered edge surround, the exposed barometer tube runs centrally down the full length of the instrument with half globe mahogany cistern cover to the base and cistern adjustment screw below. The two part boxwood barometer scale is styled with a similar design to the