mercurial barometer
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of mercurial barometer
First recorded in 1685–95
Example Sentences
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Ship's mercurial barometer, 773 millimetres; my aneroid by Casella, 764 millimetres; difference in ship's, + 009 millimetre.
From The Land of Midian — Volume 2 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
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
Torricelli, by his experiments, demonstrated the fact and invented the mercurial barometer, long known as the "Torricellian Tube."
From Steam, Steel and Electricity by Steele, James W.
It is more sensible to passing changes, but not so reliable as the mercurial barometer.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir
The comparatively new instrument, the aneroid barometer, extremely valuable, if only trustworthy, by reason of its sensibility, portability and safety, was to be tested and compared with the behaviour of a reliable mercurial barometer.
From The Dominion of the Air; the story of aerial navigation by Bacon, John Mackenzie
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