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mercury manometer

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mercury manometer [′mər·kyə·rē mə′näm·əd·ər]
(engineering)
A manometer in which the instrument fluid is mercury; used to record or control difference of pressure or fluid flow.
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The pressure in the cuff, which is indicated by a mercury manometer attached to the cuff, is slowly released and the point at which blood starts flowing through the artery, and which the doctor hears as a "whoosing" sound through his stethoscope, is noted.
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Introduction The primary pressure standards in the atmospheric pressure range at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and at the National Physical Laboratory-India (NPL-I) are presently established using mercury manometers (1-4).
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