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  • mercury barometer

    a barometer in which the weight of a column of mercury in a glass tube with a sealed top is balanced against that of the atmosphere pressing on an exposed cistern of mercury at the base of the mercury column, the height of the column varying with atmospheric pressure.

  • cistern barometer

    a mercury barometer in which the lower mercury surface has a greater area than the upper.

  • aneroid barometer

    a device for measuring atmospheric pressure without the use of fluids. It consists of a partially evacuated metal chamber, the thin corrugated lid of which is displaced by variations in the external air pressure. This displacement is magnified by levers and made to operate a pointer

  • fortin barometer

    an adjustable cistern barometer, the most common of those employing mercury.

  • marine barometer

    a barometer for use on shipboard, especially one mounted on gimbals so as to minimize the effects of the motion of the vessel.

  • mercurial barometer

    mercury barometer.
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