stagnumn.
Obsolete. rare.
The mercury-cistern of a barometer.
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mercury1660
receiver1682
register plate1688
weather-plate1698
cistern1702
stagnum1705
1705 J. Addison Remarks Italy 232 I borrow'd a Weather-glass, and so fix'd it in the Grotto, that the Stagnum was wholly cover'd with the Vapour.
a1734 R. North Life F. North (1742) 293 This must draw down the Tube into the Stagnum, till so much of the Glass Tube is immersed, as shall answer that Encrease of Weight.
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