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Aneroid   Listen
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Aneroid  adj.  Containing no liquid; said of a kind of barometer.
Aneroid barometer, a barometer the action of which depends on the varying pressure of the atmosphere upon the elastic top of a metallic box (shaped like a watch) from which the air has been exhausted. An index shows the variation of pressure.






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"Aneroid" Quotes from Famous Books



... instruments was then begun. The thermometers and barometers had resisted, all but one minimum thermometer, the glass of which was broken. An excellent aneroid was drawn from the wadded box which contained it and hung on the wall. Of course it was only affected by and marked the pressure of the air inside the projectile, but it also showed the quantity of moisture which it contained. ...
— Jules Verne's Classic Books • Jules Verne



Words linked to "Aneroid" :   barometer, altimeter



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