mercurial barometer

American  

noun

1. mercury barometer.

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Etymology

Origin of mercurial barometer

First recorded in 1685–95

Example Sentences

And near them, hung in gimbals from a long bracket, was a very fine Fitzroy mercurial barometer.

From The First Mate The Story of a Strange Cruise by Hodgson, Edward S.

One of the objects of Mr. Glaisher’s experiments in balloons was “to compare the readings of an aneroid barometer with those of a mercurial barometer up to five miles.”

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

The pressure of the air is measured by the mercurial barometer, and registered continuously by the barograph; the temperature of the air is automatically recorded by the thermograph.

From The Mentor: The Weather Serial Number 110; 1 July, 1916 by Talman, Charles Fitzhugh

The Stars and Stripes When the mercurial barometer had been read the tent was thrown down and abandoned, the first of the series of abandonments that marked our descent from the mountain.

From The Ascent of Denali (Mount McKinley) A Narrative of the First Complete Ascent of the Highest Peak in North America by Stuck, Hudson

When made correctly, these instruments agree well with the mercurial barometer for a number of years, and their subsequent adjustment is not a matter of much expense.

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