For sale, a fine mid Victorian carved walnut stick barometer by Negretti & Zambra.In typical robust style of the period, it is topped with a classical broken arch pediment with a square column and floral rosette filling the centre space. The scale below is framed behind a domed walnut frontage with pillar design each side, floriat carving above and thick bevelled glass.The two-part inverted scale is divided on each side for 27 to 31 inches of barometric pressure with gothic type weather indications provided at every half inch. Each side also has a sliding Vernier operated by a set key below. The double scale is of course provided so that a measurement can be taken on one day and then act as a comparison for the next. This is evidenced by the engraving at the base of “10am Yesterday” and “10am Today”.The upper section of the scale is engraved to the makers, Negretti & Zambra with addresses for Hatton Garden, 59 Cornhill, 122 Regent Street and 153 Fleet Street, London. The la...