barometrical

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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

Its height, according to barometrical measurement, is seven thousand two hundred feet.

From A New Voyage Round the World, in the years 1823, 24, 25, and 26, Vol. 2 by Kotzebue, Otto von

Some barometrical observations made by M. C. Gay, during a journey in Peru, in the years 1839-40, with one of Bunten's barometers, deviate very considerably from all those above mentioned.

From Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests by Ross, Thomasina

Mackesy.—Tables of barometrical heights to 20,000 feet, specially adapted for the use of officers on service, civil engineers and travellers.

From A System of Easy Lettering by Cromwell, John Howard

Took some barometrical observations, and at half-past six continued our upward way.

From The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy by Keppel, Henry