barometer

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How the barometer was invented

mercury barometer

differential manometer, Torricellian barometer, and siphon

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atmospheric pressure measurement
- In atmospheric pressure
- In fluid mechanics: Differential manometers
use of mercury
- In mercury: Properties, uses, and occurrence
- In mercury barometer

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Deluc
- In Jean André Deluc
Pascal
- In Blaise Pascal: Pascal’s life to the Port-Royal years
Torricelli
- In Evangelista Torricelli
- In invention: What inventors are

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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Add new Web site: Pennsylvania State University - Department of Mechanical Engineering - Barometers (PDF).	Emily Rodriguez	Dec 31, 2024
	Add new Web site: MLibrary Digital Collections - The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project - Barometer.	Gloria Lotha	Nov 07, 2024
	Add new Web site: University of Toronto - Department of Physics - Undergraduate Physics Students' Computing And Learning Environment - The Mercury Barometer.	Gloria Lotha	Aug 30, 2024
	Add new Web site: Academia - The safety barometer.	Gloria Lotha	Apr 22, 2024
	Cross-references added.	J.E. Luebering	Sep 29, 2023
	Add new Web site: MLibrary Digital Collections - The Encyclopedia of Diderot and d'Alembart - Barometer.	Aakanksha Gaur	Apr 20, 2023
	Add new Web site: Physics LibreTexts - Barometer.	Emily Rodriguez	Oct 15, 2022
	Add new Web site: University of Cambridge - Whipple Museum - Barometers.	Gloria Lotha	May 22, 2022
	Corrected display issue.	Adam Augustyn	Jan 06, 2020
	Add new Web site: National Geographic - Barometer.	Gloria Lotha	Dec 20, 2019
	Add new Web site: PBS Kids - Barometer.	Grace Young	Feb 03, 2017
	Add new Web site: Weather Wiz Kids - Make Your Own Barometer.	Grace Young	Feb 03, 2017
	Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - How does a Barometer Work.	Aakanksha Gaur	May 08, 2013
	Video describing the evolution of the barometer added.	John P. Rafferty	Nov 10, 2011
	Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Science - What Does It Mean When a Barometer Is Rising Or Falling?	Shiveta Singh	Dec 24, 2008
	Media added.	Amy Tikkanen	Aug 28, 2008
	Article revised and updated.	John P. Rafferty	Jun 27, 2007
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998