A GOOD LATE 18TH CENTURY MAHOGANY AND SATINWOOD STICK BAROMETER BY EDWARD NAIRNE, LONDON (1726-1806) the arched case enclosing the signed, silvered register plate, the trunk with separate hinged door enclosing the silvered mercury thermometer, terminating in a moulded cistern cover, 97cm high Edward Nairne's trade card (a copy is in the Science Museum, London) listed him as an 'Optical, Philosophical and Mathematical Instrument-Maker at the Gold Spectacles, Reflecting Telescope and Hadley's Quadrant in Cornhill, opposite the Royal Exchange, London'. It lists some of the instruments that the company produced, such as reflecting telescopes, magnifying glasses, camera obscuras, air fountains, Hadley's quadrants, and of course, barometers for which they were most well known. Edward Nairne was elected a member of the Royal Society in 1776.