aneroid barometer

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aneroid barometer: see barometer barometer , instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure. It was invented in 1643 by the Italian scientist Evangelista Torricelli, who used a column of water in a tube 34 ft (10.4 m) long.
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aneroid barometer

a device for measuring atmospheric pressure without the use of fluids. It consists of a partially evacuated metal chamber, the thin corrugated lid of which is displaced by variations in the external air pressure. This displacement is magnified by levers and made to operate a pointer

aneroid barometer [′an·ə‚rȯid bə′räm·əd·ər]

(engineering)

A barometer which utilizes an aneroid capsule. Also known as aneroid.

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