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
The northern portion of the continent extends into the little known polar region of prevailingly low barometrical pressure, where midsummer and midwinter calms normally prevail.
From North America by Israel C. (Cook) Russell
The subject is mystified by these theories and speculations of the study, founded on barometrical and thermometrical records, and the direction and force of the surface winds.
From The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes by Thomas Belden Butler
Assuming that the barometrical height of its source is 1,582 feet, it has a mean descent of over six inches per mile.
From Sword and Pen Ventures and Adventures of Willard Glazier by John Algernon Owens
By a similar calculation upon the volume of air after combustion, we find its barometrical pressure 27.77083 - 0.51593 = 27.25490.
From Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries by Antoine Lavoisier
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