SCOTTISH ROSEWOOD STICK BAROMETER, BY ADIE & SON Y
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
£819
Auction: Five Centuries: 15 November 2023 From 10:00
Description
with brass vernier signed 'Adie & Son, Edinburgh', the plain case with arched top, with a stepped reeded bulb
Dimensions
88cm high
Provenance
Provenance: Stevenson Collection
Footnote
Note: Born in 1774 Alexander Adie was the nephew of the renowned Scottish instrument maker, John Millar. Adie became his uncle's apprentice in 1789 and his business partner, under the name of Miller and Adie, in 1804. The business continued to flourish after Miller's death in 1815. Adie was predominately interested in meteorological instruments and notably invented the Sympiesometer, or marine barometer, in 1818. Appointed as optician to both William IV and Queen Victoria, his success was formerly recognised when he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1819. He brought one of his sons, John, into partnership in 1835, while his two of his other sons set up businesses in London and Liverpool.