The Tempest Prognosticator, your handy leech barometer

The tempest prognosticator, also known as the leech barometer, is a 19th-century invention by George Merryweather, in which leeches are used in a barometer. The twelve leeches are kept in small bottles inside the device; when they … Continue reading The Tempest Prognosticator, your handy leech barometer