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
I examined, with great satisfaction, your barometrical estimate of the heights of our mountains; and with the more, as they corroborated conjectures on this subject which I had made before.
From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3 by Thomas Jefferson Randolph
The air in the jar before combustion was 353 cubical inches, but it was only under a barometrical pressure of 27 inches 9-1/2 lines; which, reduced to decimal fractions by Tab.
From Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries by Antoine Lavoisier
Pertaining to the barometer; made or indicated by a barometer; as, barometric changes; barometrical observations.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster
I would suggest large sized charts showing landmarks, ship's position, and barometrical readings.
From From Edinburgh to India & Burmah by W. G. (William Gordon) Burn Murdoch
