Steamboat weatherometer

[Steamboat weatherwatch]

Steamboat weatherwatch, France, 19th century, 40 cm high, 50 cm wide and 20 cm thick. The old collection of the Qing Palace
The hull is placed on a marble seat. There are two cylinders on the hull deck. The front is embedded with a single set of two-needle clocks, which are strung through the string hole of the dial, and the rear is embedded with a weather and heat watch. The top of the chimney between the two tubes is a compass, and a thermometer is embedded on the side. Start the stern rudder, the cylinder rotates clockwise, and the drive wheel at the stern rotates. The bow and stern of the ship are inlaid with a copper gilded flag of different sizes. The big flag is carved with a dragon pattern, and the small flag is carved with the words “eternal life”
The words “Made in France” are marked on the dial of the wind, rain, cold and heat watch. It is known that it is a French product. Its entry into the Qing Palace may be related to the birthday celebration of the emperor and empress