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The meaning of the word "Water barometer" in English


Water barometer : A barometer in which the changes of atmospheric pressure are indicated by the motion of a column of water instead of mercury. It requires a column of water about thirty-three feet in height.

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barometer, aneroid barometer, mercury, atmospheric pressure, mercury barometer, pressure, air pressure, water level, reservoir, body, altitude, low pressure, Patent, measuring instrument, measure, cell, capsule, atmosphere.

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water, air, or mercury. ... [edit] Water-based barometers ... The largest barometer in the world, Bert Bolle's Water Barometer in the Barometer Tower in ... 


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