Fortin barometers

A form of Fortin barometer — A kind of barometer using a variable-displacement mercury cistern, usually constructed with a thumbscrew pressing on a leather diaphragm bottom, which compensates for displacement of mercury in the column with varying pressure.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of Fortin barometer
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