marine barometer
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of marine barometer
First recorded in 1695–1705
Example Sentences
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When used on shore, this contraction of the tube causes the marine barometer to be sometimes a little behind an ordinary land barometer, the tube of which is not contracted.
From A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments Explanatory of Their Scientific Principles, Method of Construction, and Practical Utility by Negretti, Henry
The weather felt extremely cold this morning, the thermometer being at 34 degrees, with the wind at east, accompanied by occasional showers of snow, and the marine barometer indicated 29.80.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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
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
A marine barometer will here be of signal advantage.
From A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 2 by Flinders, Matthew
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