mercurial barometer
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of mercurial barometer
First recorded in 1685–95
Example Sentences
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The comparatively new instrument, the aneroid barometer, extremely valuable, if only trustworthy, by reason of its sensibility, portability and safety, was to be tested and compared with the behaviour of a reliable mercurial barometer.
From The Dominion of the Air; the story of aerial navigation by Bacon, John Mackenzie
The aneroids stood at 14.8 and 14.9, still steadily losing on the mercurial barometer.
From The Ascent of Denali (Mount McKinley) A Narrative of the First Complete Ascent of the Highest Peak in North America by Stuck, Hudson
The Stars and Stripes When the mercurial barometer had been read the tent was thrown down and abandoned, the first of the series of abandonments that marked our descent from the mountain.
From The Ascent of Denali (Mount McKinley) A Narrative of the First Complete Ascent of the Highest Peak in North America by Stuck, Hudson
The ordinary or mercurial barometer consists of a tube about 36 in. long, hermetically closed at the upper end and containing mercury.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" by Various
The pressure of the air is measured by the mercurial barometer, and registered continuously by the barograph; the temperature of the air is automatically recorded by the thermograph.
From The Mentor: The Weather Serial Number 110; 1 July, 1916 by Talman, Charles Fitzhugh
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