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statoscope
statoscope n.
Brit. /ˈstatə(ʊ)skəʊp/
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U.S. /ˈstædəˌskoʊp/
[after French statoscope (1885 or earlier)] a form of aneroid barometer for indicating very small changes in atmospheric pressure (rather than measuring the pressure itself), formerly used esp. in balloons and airships to show rates of ascent and descent.
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baroscope1665
wheel-barometer1666
water barometer1715
sympiesometer1817
barometrograph1847
aneroid1849
barograph1865
Fortin1875
telebarograph1884
telebarometer1884
telehydrobarometer1884
aneroidograph1890
statoscope1890
barocyclonometer1906
1890 Proc. Royal Soc. 48 66 A modification of Richard's statoscope has been adopted, which is so sensitive that it will indicate the opening or shutting of a door in any part of the house.
1908 Daily Chron. 3 Feb. 6/3 We smashed all our instruments, the first crash quite settling the statoscope.
1930 E. R. Burroughs Tarzan at Earth's Core ii. 20 Before him were compass, aneroids, bubble statoscope, air speed indicator, [etc.].
2009 N. El-Sheimy in J. Shan & C. K. Toth Topographic Laser Ranging & Scanning vi. 196 The use of such auxiliary data in the georeferencing process has almost disappeared completely from photogrammetry, except for the use of the statoscope.
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