marine barometer

American  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of marine barometer

First recorded in 1695–1705

Example Sentences

The sympiesometer is very sensitive, and feels the alterations in the atmospheric pressure sooner than the ordinary marine barometer.

From A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments Explanatory of Their Scientific Principles, Method of Construction, and Practical Utility by Negretti, Henry

The marine barometer is here of considerable importance, as its rise always precedes a south-east wind, and its fall a change from the North-West; it seldom, however, stands lower than twenty-nine and a half inches.

From Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 2 by King, Phillip Parker

At noon, when off Cape Spencer, the wind became variable and light, with very hazy, cloudy weather; and the mercury in my marine barometer had fallen two-tenths of an inch.

From A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 by Flinders, Matthew

The practice which has long prevailed of mounting the marine barometer in wood is objectionable.

From Barometer and Weather Guide by Fitzroy, Robert

This marine barometer, for Her Majesty’s service, is adapted to general purposes.

From A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments Explanatory of Their Scientific Principles, Method of Construction, and Practical Utility by Negretti, Henry