IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Theodore Ruggles Timby (1822-1909) ...

Euro MPs have signalled the end of traditional barometers, in a move to ban the sale of products containing mercury across the EU. The parliament's environment committee rejected a bid to exclude ...

STRASBOURG, France (Reuters) - Tapping a barometer to check the weather may become a thing of the past after the European Parliament on Tuesday adopted new rules to scrap the use of mercury and ...

The large circular face of this mercury barometer is silvered, and marked ‘LEONI’S IMPROVED” and “114 JOHN ST / New York / WARRANTED.” The scale around the circumference extends from 28 to 31 inches, ...