cistern barometer
Americannoun
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A siphon barometer takes less mercury than a cistern barometer.
From Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study by Ontario. Ministry of Education
As I have already said, this was a standard cistern barometer, of Troughton's construction.
From The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources by Frémont, John Charles
The barometric height must, however, be corrected for temperature, as in the cistern barometer.
From A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments Explanatory of Their Scientific Principles, Method of Construction, and Practical Utility by Negretti, Henry
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