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cistern barometer

American  

noun

  1. a mercury barometer in which the lower mercury surface has a greater area than the upper.


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As I have already said, this was a standard cistern barometer, of Troughton's construction.

From The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources by Frémont, John Charles

A siphon barometer takes less mercury than a cistern barometer.

From Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study by Ontario. Ministry of Education

The barometric height must, however, be corrected for temperature, as in the cistern barometer.

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