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cistern barometer
noun
- a mercury barometer in which the lower mercury surface has a greater area than the upper.
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Example Sentences
The barometric height must, however, be corrected for temperature, as in the cistern barometer.
From Project Gutenberg
A siphon barometer takes less mercury than a cistern barometer.
From Project Gutenberg
As I have already said, this was a standard cistern barometer, of Troughton's construction.
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