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H.J. Green Stick Barometer - Late 19th Century, Very Nice Early American Example
H.J. Green Stick Barometer - Late 19th Century, Very Nice Early American Example
H.J. Green Stick Barometer - Late 19th Century, Very Nice Early American Example
H.J. Green Stick Barometer - Late 19th Century, Very Nice Early American Example
H.J. Green Stick Barometer - Late 19th Century, Very Nice Early American Example
H.J. Green Stick Barometer - Late 19th Century, Very Nice Early American Example
H.J. Green Stick Barometer - Late 19th Century, Very Nice Early American Example
H.J. Green Stick Barometer - Late 19th Century, Very Nice Early American Example
H.J. Green Stick Barometer - Late 19th Century, Very Nice Early American Example
H.J. Green Stick Barometer - Late 19th Century, Very Nice Early American Example
H.J. Green Stick Barometer - Late 19th Century, Very Nice Early American Example
H.J. Green Stick Barometer - Late 19th Century, Very Nice Early American Example

H.J. Green Stick Barometer - Late 19th Century, Very Nice Early American Example

$ 580.79

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    This is a very nice stick barometer by a little known American maker James Green.  Seems to be in good working condition, measures about 39 inches long.    I will add some more photos in a couple days.
    Postage is .00 if within the US, more  If you are outside the US; no charge for careful packing.
    NOTE:  A kind ebayer tells me I have some of the facts wrong and that this barometer is made in 1890 or later.  See below
    Nicolas Fortin, an instrument maker in Paris in the early nineteenth century, introduced a mercury barometer with a glass and leather cistern so designed that the barometer could be safely moved from one place to another. James Green began making Fortin-type barometers for the Smithsonian in the 1850s, though with a slightly different design to the cistern. This example marked “HENRY J. GREEN B'KLYN, N.Y.” was made after 1890 James Green's nephew and successor moved to Brooklyn.
    Here is some information on the maker James Green:
    James Green
    1808-1896
    James Green, the son of Samuel and Sarah Green
    was born in London, England in 1808 and moved to the United States opening an instrument shop in Baltimore around 1832.
    He opened a second shop in New York in the early 1840s, and retired in 1885. Mr Green
    was in the United States 72 years and in New York City 46 years; he died at New York City June 12, 1896.
    B
    altimore, Maryland City Directories from 1833-1849 list James Green as a philosophical and mathematical instrument maker.
    The Baltimore directories list as follows:
    1833 Green, J. & W., optician, 41 South St.
    1835-36 Green, James, philosophical instrument maker, 72 Baltimore St.
    1837-38 Green, James, philosophical instrument maker, 15 Liberty St.
    1840-41 Green, James, mathematical and philosophical instrument maker, 1 S. Liberty St.
    1842 Green, James, mathe-sophical instrument maker, 53 South St., advertisement page 15.
    1845 Not listed.
    However in the index on page 6, under mathematical instruments is James Green, listed as an advertiser.
    1847-50 same listing as 1840-41.
    1851 directory F. W. & R. King advertise as successors to James Green.
    1876 directory Edward Meister advertises as successor to F. W. & R. King.
    James Green of Baltimore who sold his business there in 1850 to F. W. & R. King came to New York in 1850 and continued to manufacture mathematical and philosophical instruments.
    New York City Directories from 1850-1889 list James Green as an Optician, Importer and Manufacturer of mathematical and philosophical instruments
    as follows:
    1849-50 to 1889 Green, James, Optician, Importer and Manufacturer of mathematical and philosophical instruments.
    The Federal Census of New York City, Ward 23, for 1880 lists James Green as 72 years old born in England.