W & S Jones, Holborn, a Georgian mahogany stick barometer: the arched silvered dial engraved with usual barometer markings and signed W & S Jones, Holborn and with a vernier gauge attached, the arch-topped mahogany case with moulded edges and a turned cistern cover, height 92cm.* Notes William and Samuel Jones are regarded as two of the most important mathematical instrument makers of the period. William was apprenticed to the highly regarded maker Benjamin Martin whilst Samuel was apprenticed to George Adams (junior) instrument-maker to George III and optician to the Prince of Wales. * Notes Reference: Edwin Banfield, Barometer Makers and Retailers 1660-1900, Pub. Baros Books 1991.
W & S Jones, Holborn, a Georgian mahogany stick barometer: the arched silvered dial engraved with usual barometer markings and signed W & S Jones, Holborn and with a vernier gauge attached, the arch-topped mahogany case with moulded edges and a turned cistern cover, height 92cm.* Notes William and Samuel Jones are regarded as two of the most important mathematical instrument makers of the period. William was apprenticed to the highly regarded maker Benjamin Martin whilst Samuel was apprenticed to George Adams (junior) instrument-maker to George III and optician to the Prince of Wales. * Notes Reference: Edwin Banfield, Barometer Makers and Retailers 1660-1900, Pub. Baros Books 1991.
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