mercurial barometer
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of mercurial barometer
First recorded in 1685–95
Example Sentences
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The aneroids stood at 14.8 and 14.9, still steadily losing on the mercurial barometer.
From The Ascent of Denali (Mount McKinley) A Narrative of the First Complete Ascent of the Highest Peak in North America by Stuck, Hudson
Nevertheless the instrument now about to be described, depending upon similar principles, but scientifically constructed and graduated, is a very useful and valuable substitute for the mercurial barometer.
From A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments Explanatory of Their Scientific Principles, Method of Construction, and Practical Utility by Negretti, Henry
But the airman does not take a mercurial barometer up with him.
From The Mastery of the Air by Claxton, William J.
It is a substitute, and perhaps the best of all substitutes, for the mercurial barometer.
From A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments Explanatory of Their Scientific Principles, Method of Construction, and Practical Utility by Negretti, Henry
To compare the readings of an aneroid barometer with those of a mercurial barometer, up to five miles.
From Up in the Clouds Balloon Voyages by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
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