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barometer

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A poetic alternative to prognosticator
 
Meteorology
An instrument used to measure atmospheric pressure.
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ba·rom·e·ter

(băr-om'ĕ-tĕr)
Instrument used to measure atmospheric pressure.
[G. baros, weight, + metron, measure]
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In the later 19th century, aneroid barometers were often produced with a compass and thermometer.
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THIS Aneroid Barometer, by T A Reynolds & Sons, would be used in meteorology to measure atmospheric pressure to forecast changes in weather.
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What finally put paid to them was the invention of the aneroid barometer, unveiled in the Great Exhibition of 1851.
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