FitzRoy and his Barometers - Philip R. Collins Books on Antique Stick Barometers and originally home to the

and originally home to the partners Gregory and Wright

Cox was an agent to Robert Brettell Bate for admiralty charts and agent to both John Roger Arnold and Edward John Dent (EJ Dent) as a supplier of their “admiralty chronometers”

“John Lilley & Son

This latter function would of course lead to greater efficiency for the engine overall and is seldom seen on most extant model examples

“The face of this ingenious instrument closely resembles that of the 5-dial Air Meter

FitzRoy and his Barometers - Philip R. Collins Books on Antique Stick Barometers and originally home to theTravelling around Cape Horn in stormy weather, the Beagle went under water twice, bobbing up like a barrel, but each time taking on more water; if the Beagle had gone under a third time, it was believed she would have sunk, no doubt with the loss of all life. Her captain, Robert FitzRoy, blamed himself for this near calamity, having not taken enough notice of the falling barometer. He never forgot this incident and became a firm believer in the value