| Chaney Instrument Galileo Thermometer with Glass Ball Barometer |  | Brand: Chaney Instruments
Category: Kitchen
List Price: $37.50
Buy New: $11.90
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Seller: Geroy's
Rating:  39 reviews
Sales Rank: 736
Platform: Windows
Color: glass/wood
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.6
Dimensions (in): 13.1 x 9.5 x 5.6
MPN: 00795
Model: 00795
UPC: 072397007955
EAN: 0072397007955
ASIN: B000A3IN10
Release Date: March 1, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Cylindrical thermometer with barometer | | • | Interprets temperature and weather based on principles of buoyancy and air pressure | | • | Colorful, liquid filled spheres descend and ascend with changes in temperature | | • | Barometer features the world globe etched in the glass | | • | Both Thermometer and barometer are displayed and mounted on a wood base |
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Product Description
Galileo thermometer reads 64 F. to 80 F. When temperature rises, the liquid inside the glass tube becomes less dense and the liquid filled bulbs will sink. When the temperature of the room cools, the process is reversed and the bulbs will rise from the bo
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 39
 Very cool! August 10, 2006
Joanne M. Garcia (Tallahassee, FL)
29 out of 29 found this review helpful
I bought this as a birthday present for my fiance and he LOVES it. It looks great on a bookshelf or desk, and is a great conversation starter. I didn't have any problems filling the barometer (instead of taking the tube out of the barometer to refill, simply take the syringe off the end of the tube). Overall it is a great product, and a very cool design!
Fun and sort of useful March 25, 2007
Nick (USA)
25 out of 26 found this review helpful
I purchased this item, and the 17" stand alone thermometer model. I knew nothing about barometers. I knew nothing about Galileo thermometers. I use this model in my living room.
The weather glass does indeed respond to pressure changes, and does a nice job of predicting foul weather. The thermometer is accurate, easy to read (and interpolate). It only works in a range of 64 thru 80 degrees F, but anything above or below those readings is likely to require I do something with the heating and cooling around my house, so it tells me what I need to know.
I think this is a great gift for kids interested in science. I have other weather glasses too, but this one comes in combination with a neat, accurate thermometer. I'm not a kid anymore, but I find it fun, as well as useful, myself.
A Definate For Us Weather Geeks July 30, 2006
Weatherman (Northeast, Pennsylvania, USA)
16 out of 17 found this review helpful
Very cool to have on your desk! I would of given it extra stars, but setting up the barometer can be tricky if you do not follow the directions exactly, and you do NEED to have sterile/distilled water along with food coloring (any color but I like blue as shown).
Also, if you put too much water or not enough water into the barometer, you have to use the syringe and little hose to take the water out. HOLD onto the syringe and hose, DO NOT throw away as you never know when it'll come into handy again.
As for the Galilio thermometer, that's pretty accurate and cool!
For those real weather geeks out there I say to get the biggest Galilio Thermometer (it's TWO FEET TALL) and can be purchased through Amazon 3rd party sellers. That one gives you 2 deg temps and is a nice thing to have in an office or desk.
Works great - Wonderful present May 23, 2009
Jimmy R. Odom (Abilene, TX)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Just to give you and idea who I am, I've been a Meterologist in the USAF for 21 years. I bought this as a gift for someone else. It was delivered in only a couple of days, nothing was broken and it works great. I did put black velcro disks from Wal Mart on the bottom of each piece to help avoid tipping and small velvet feet on the bottom to avoid scratching desks. It looks great on the desk or shelf, but you have to be very carefull when moving it, unless you use the velcro. The box it came it was perfect for shipping. I'm going to buy more for my friends and family. Once the liquid stabilized the temp could be read within a degree. The barometer may not tell you what the actural pressure is, but it works and looks cool. The land masses on the globe are not perfect, but you get what you pay for.
Chaney Galileo Thermometer & Barometer March 25, 2007
Kristofer DePaola (New York, NY USA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
The Chaney Instrument Galileo Thermometer w/ Glass Ball Barometer is a great buy because it is so fun to watch and so functional at the same time. I get a joy each morning reading where the spheres are and how high the water level is in the barometer.
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