marine barometer
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of marine barometer
First recorded in 1695–1705
Example Sentences
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The practice which has long prevailed of mounting the marine barometer in wood is objectionable.
From Barometer and Weather Guide by Fitzroy, Robert
The cistern of this marine barometer is generally made an inch and a quarter in diameter, and the scale part of the tube a quarter of an inch in bore.
From A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments Explanatory of Their Scientific Principles, Method of Construction, and Practical Utility by Negretti, Henry
When used on shore, this contraction of the tube causes the marine barometer to be always a little behind an ordinary barometer, the tube of which is not contracted.
From Barometer and Weather Guide by Fitzroy, Robert
A valuable paper by Flinders, upon the use of the marine barometer for predicting changes of wind at sea, was also the fruit of his enforced leisure.
From The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders by Scott, Ernest
A marine barometer will here be of signal advantage.
From A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 2 by Flinders, Matthew
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