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

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marine barometer

A marine barometer will here be of signal advantage.

From A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 2 by Matthew Flinders

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 Henry Negretti

The Sympiesometer is considered to be more sensitive than the marine barometer, falling sooner, and rising earlier: but this is partly in consequence of the marine barometer tube being contracted, to prevent oscillation or "pumping."

From Barometer and Weather Guide by Robert Fitzroy

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 Henry Negretti

Correspondence between the winds and the marine barometer.

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