| 单词 | static barometer |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstatic barometer static barometer n. now historical = statical baroscope n. at statical adj. 1a. ΚΠ 1742 R. North & M. North Life F. North 293 About this Time [sc. 1675]..Sir Samuel Moreland publish'd a Piece, containing a Device... This he call'd a statick Barometer. 1882 Nature 20 July 283/2 The static barometer (Magellan) is very similar, except that the balance has arms of equal length, and the tube is balanced by a weight. 1977 N. Goodison Eng. Barometers (ed. 2) 242 J. H. de Magellan, writing in 1779, said that he had seen a static barometer started by Sisson (one of the only two such instruments in Europe at the time). < as lemmas |
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