| 单词 | mountain barometer |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmountain barometer mountain barometer n. now historical a barometer adapted for use as an altimeter, using the fact that atmospheric pressure decreases with increasing altitude. ΚΠ 1816 Trans. Geol. Soc. 3 341 I made use of Sir Henry Engelfield's mountain barometer. 1835 A. Smith Diary 9 June (1940) II. 63 He..took hold of the mountain barometer and wished me to open it. 1867 De Bow's Rev. Sept. 203 The mountain barometer is now made so portable that it can be carried almost anywhere. 1967 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 168 Pl. 31 (caption) Mountain barometer with thermometer attached, made for Dalton by Lawrence Buchan. 1998 Independent (Nexis) 13 Sept. 11 Fleming's explorers..were equipped with Henry Kater's pendulum for measuring ellipticality, Englefield's mountain barometer and companion, [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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