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Barometers in everyday life
The weather plays such an important part in all our lives and the barometer has always been the most important means of predicting the changes that could affect us, whether we are farmers, fishermen or merely hoping for a fine weekend! ... The barometer is thus the basis for all meteorological prediction. So when we see high pressure or low pressure on a weather map it means that a barometer was used. ...
The inventor of the barometer is Evangelista Torricelli (1608-1647), an Italian mathematician and physicist. Torricelli gave a definition of atmospheric pressure and invented the barometer in 1643. ...
The barometer is an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure, that is, the force exerted on a surface of unit area by the weight of the atmosphere. ... A water barometer is far too large to be used conveniently. ...
Mercury Barometer
There are several types of barometers but the two main widespread and most commonly used are the mercury and the aneroid barometer.
Approximate Word count = 725
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