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Mercury barometer   /mˈərkjəri bərˈɑmɪtər/   Listen
Mercury barometer

noun
1.
Barometer that shows pressure by the height of a column of mercury.





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... to illustrate atmospheric pressure and ensure a constant flow of liquid.—Translator's Note.) (Evangelista Toricelli (1608-1647), a disciple of Galileo and professor of philosophy and mathematics at Florence. His "tube" is our mercury barometer. He was the first to obtain a vacuum by means of mercury; and he also improved the microscope and the telescope.—Translator's Note.) This is the thrice-blest period when I cease to be a schoolmaster and become a schoolboy, the ...
— More Hunting Wasps • J. Henri Fabre


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