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

In a society so barometrical as ours, even in a city where it was the least barometrical, the obstacles to the acceptance of Maxwell were mainly subjective.

From The Story of a Play A Novel by Howells, William Dean

Chimborazo was ascended by Humboldt and Bonpland in 1802 almost to the summit; but at a height of 19,300 feet by barometrical measurement, their further ascent was arrested by a wide chasm.

From Volcanoes: Past and Present by Hull, Edward

At the two last-mentioned places I made no barometrical observations.

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

The art or process of making barometrical measurements.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah