mercurial barometer
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of mercurial barometer
First recorded in 1685–95
Example Sentences
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It appeared from the observations that an aneroid barometer could be trusted to read as accurately as a mercurial barometer to the heights reached.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
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
The mercurial barometer reading by verniers to three places of decimals was set up and read, and the two aneroids were adjusted to read with it.
From The Ascent of Denali (Mount McKinley) A Narrative of the First Complete Ascent of the Highest Peak in North America by Stuck, Hudson
Figure 6.—Photographic registering mercurial barometer, typical commercial version.
From The Introduction of Self-Registering Meteorological Instruments by Multhauf, Robert P.
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
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