This beautiful desktop toy!
Once used by seafarers to predict oncoming storms, this historical device responds to atmospheric fluctuations to forecast the weather!
The Fitzroy Storm Glass is a sealed glass container filled with a liquid which responds to changes in the weather, allowing the observer to forecast the possibility of storms, snow, wind, rain or clear skies. These documented changes are visually stunning, making the storm glass functional and extremely attractive.
How to Predict the Weather:
Clear liquid: Bright and clear weather.
Cloudy liquid: Cloudy, possible thunderstorms & rain.
Small dots in the liquid: Humid or foggy weather.
Large flaky crystals: Cloudy skies, snow in winter.
Threads of crystals at the top: Windy weather.
Crystals at the bottom: Frost may be coming.
- Liquid filled glass container on a wooden pedestal
- Approx dimensions 126 x 110 x 51 mm
- Adult desktop toy
- Predict the weather
