Barometer - Stormglass "Crystal" 8x10cm, purple

Stormglass is a chemical meteorological device from a glass flask filled with alcohol solution, in which camphor, ammonia and potassium selitra are dissolved in certain proportions.

Barometer Stormglass Admiral Fitzrock began to be used in the XVIII century. It has become widespread in the last 250 years. The sailors applied this tool to the mast of their vessel and, as the state of constantly changing crystalline formations, could predict the weather.

The testimony of the device are not absolutely true and cannot be used to predict the weather. The product is decorative and is often used as an element of the interior.

it is believed that the barometer defines the weather as follows: the flask is hermetically sealed, but, nevertheless, the birth and disappearance of crystals constantly occur in it. Depending on the upcoming changes in the weather in the liquid, crystals of various forms are formed.

observation method:

the fluid in the flask is transparent - sunny;

muddy fluid, possible, possible, possible precipitation;

Small points in the liquid is wet, fog;

a muddy liquid with small storms - a thunderstorm;

Small stars in the liquid with a sunny winter day portend snow;

Large flakes - cloudy in moderate seasons, snowfall in winter;

Iglistry crystals - frosts;

threads at the surface - windy;

The rapid appearance of a large crystal in a clean flask in clear weather is a thunderstorm.