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; ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

'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 ...

Careful with that antique clock. It could pose a mercury hazard, particularly as seals age or when the items are moved, according to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The ...

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 ...

A: At least 400 years, says Brent McRoberts of Texas A&M University. Barometers, which are used to measure air pressure, which in turn can give us one measuring stick of predicting the weather, were ...

COME rain or shine, barometers appear to hold a perennial fascination for this nation of weather obsessives. Pressure's high: a number of prize barometers will be shown in Chelsea until Tuesday ...