Fortin barometer

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Fortin barometer [′fȯrd·ən bə′räm·əd·ər]

(engineering)

A type of cistern barometer; provision is made to increase or decrease the volume of the cistern so that when a pressure change occurs, the level of the cistern can be maintained at the zero of the barometer scale (the ivory point).

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