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 Flinders, Matthew

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 Negretti, Henry

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 tube of the standard is contracted similarly to that of the marine barometer, but a provision is made for adjusting the mercury in its cistern to the zero point.

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

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