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fortin barometer

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Fortin barometer

[fawr-tan; Fr. fawr-tan]
–noun
an adjustable cistern barometer, the most common of those employing mercury.

Origin:
1870–75; named after J. Fortin (1750–1831), French physicist who invented it
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