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 "The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)")
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ANTIQUE BAROMETERS\ BEFORE DOPPLER, WEATHER CHANGES WERE TRACKED AT HOME WITH STYLISH INSTRUMENTS.(At Home)
Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH); 10/15/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...beauty of antique barometers or they were gifted...classic banjo barometer. (Rayment calls these "wheel" barometers.) How many of...round aneroid barometers in the shiny brass...the brass-case barometer was packaged as...
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Antique Barometers Practical, Decorative
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 11/8/1992; ; 693 words
; ...glassblowers to London made barometers common in more homes. Mercury barometers were easier to read, but the wheel barometer's banjo shape...the price. Rare barometers bring astronomical...Louis XV Kingwood barometer, circa 1771, could...
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 "The Record (Bergen County, NJ)")
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19th-century barometer
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 12/28/2006; ; 690 words
; ...that contained mercury. Many barometers are mounted with thermometers...volume of the liquids used in a barometer as well as the metal components used in aneroid barometers. The thermometer helps a barometer user interpret and adjust the...
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 "News Sun, The (Waukegan, IL)")
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Gauging a barometer TREASURES IN YOUR ATTIC
Newspaper article from: News Sun, The (Waukegan, IL); 12/26/2006; ; 691 words
; ...that contained mercury. Many barometers are mounted with thermometers...volume of the liquids used in a barometer as well as the metal components used in aneroid barometers. The thermometer helps a barometer user interpret and adjust the...
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Value of barometers varies
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 1/12/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...that contained mercury. Many barometers are mounted with thermometers...volume of the liquids used in a barometer as well as the metal components used in aneroid barometers. The thermometer helps a barometer user interpret and adjust the...
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OLD BAROMETERS RICH WITH HISTORY.(At Home)
Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH); 12/30/2006; 700+ words
; ...that contained mercury. Many barometers are mounted with thermometers...volume of the liquids used in a barometer as well as the metal components used in aneroid barometers. The thermometer helps a barometer user interpret and adjust the...
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Barometers Make Great Pets.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Weatherwise; 1/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; My pet barometer arrived in the middle of July during...fancy lettering. But of course, my barometer was no mere decoration--it was a focal...importantly, it was a new pal. I knew the barometer would inject some verve into my life...
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Gauge value of circa 1870 barometer: Treasures in your attic
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 12/31/2006; ; 669 words
; ...that contained mercury. Many barometers are mounted with thermometers...volume of the liquids used in a barometer as well as the metal components used in aneroid barometers. The thermometer helps a barometer user interpret and adjust the...
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Advance Economic Barometer down for fourth consecutive month in August; Verdict: rough landing for U.S. economy.
PR Newswire; 9/20/1989; 694 words
; ADVANCE ECONOMIC BAROMETER DOWN FOR FOURTH CONSECUTIVE MONTH IN...preliminary results of the Advance Economic Barometer published by Manufacturers National...In August, the Advance Economic Barometer stood at a level of -2.0, the fourth...
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Advance Economic Barometer negative for eighth straight month in November.
PR Newswire; 12/7/1989; 700+ words
; ADVANCE ECONOMIC BAROMETER NEGATIVE FOR EIGHTH STRAIGHT MONTH...November results for the Advance Economic Barometer published by Manufacturers National...In November, the Advance Economic Barometer was -0.5, the eighth consecutive...
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Barometer
Encyclopedia entry from: UXL Encyclopedia of Science
Barometer A barometer is an instrument for...pressure. Two kinds of barometers are in common use, a mercury barometer and an aneroid barometer...pressure. Mercury barometers The principle of the mercury barometer was discovered by the...
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Aneroid Barometer
Book article from: How Products Are Made
...Tuscany. While mercury barometers, even to this day, are the most accurate barometers, they are not without...to read a mercury barometer on board a ship caught...practical aneroid barometer in 1843. Aneroid barometers are the most common...
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barometer
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
...two basic types. A mercury barometer has a vertical column of mercury...atmospheric pressure. An aneroid barometer has a chamber containing a...with shifts in pressure. Barometers are used in weather forecasting...weather changes: a rising barometer (increasing pressure) indicates...
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Fortin barometer
Book article from: A Dictionary of Ecology
Fortin barometer A mercury barometer that requires the accurate setting of the mercury level at a...adjusting a vernier scale to the top of the mercury column. The barometer was invented early in the nineteenth century by Jean Fortin...
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Kew barometer
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences
Kew barometer Barometer in which the scale markings are adjusted to take account of the changes of the mercury level in the cistern, so eliminating the need for adjustment of the cistern to the fiducial point as is required in the Fortin barometer .
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