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

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 Phillip Parker King

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

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 Matthew Flinders

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 Ernest Scott

One Kew marine barometer by Adie, No. 764.

From The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian Antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-12 — Volume 1 and Volume 2 by Arthur G. Chater