barometric hypsometry
barometric hypsometry
[bar·ə′met·rik hip′säm·ə·trē] (engineering)
The determination of elevations by means of either mercurial or aneroid barometers.
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* Civil Engineering undertook practical surveying, river and harbor improvements, and
barometric hypsometry, defined as the science of measuring heights with reference to sea level.
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