barometrical
Example Sentences
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The wind was then blowing from the south-west in the mild degree which in barometrical language is ranked “No. 2: light breeze.”
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
True to its barometrical functions, my throat was predicting a storm.
From Danger Signals Remarkable, Exciting and Unique Examples of the Bravery, Daring and Stoicism in the Midst of Danger of Train Dispatchers and Railroad Engineers by John A. Hill
Engelhardt and Parrot attempted to determine the exact amount of difference by a series of levellings and barometrical measurements across the isthmus at two different places near the foot of Mount Caucasus.
From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Sir Charles Lyell
According to custom, Mr Sudberry went forward to the barometrical banjo, intending to tap it—not that he expected correct information now.
From Freaks on the Fells Three Months' Rustication by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
I began an hourly set of barometrical readings and as soon as Clem came back he helped me to run them day and night for eight consecutive days.
From A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872 by Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh
